IceWall SSO
is a Web and Federated
single sign-on software developed and marketed by
Hewlett Packard Enterprise over the globe.
Overview
IceWall SSO was originally developed by HP Japan. Since its first release in 1997, IceWall SSO has seen its adoption in intranet, B-to-C, B-to-B, and many other services globally with more than 40 million user licenses sold so far all over the world.
Its latest version, IceWall SSO 10.0, now provides support for new leading-edge technologies such as cloud and virtualization, and the IceWall SSO product line has been extended to include Windows support in addition to the existing HP-UX and Linux versions. Furthermore, the support services for IceWall SSO are planned to continue until 2024, making it a product that has a long and stable service life
Latest version available is 10.0. (as of August 2010)
Supported Platforms are
Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
HP-UX
HP-UX (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on Unix System V (initially System III) and first released in 1984. Current versions support HPE Integrity Ser ...
and
Windows Server.
IceWall SSO mainly has Reverse Proxy type implementation, but it can be configured to work as an Agent type as well depending on the requirements.
Architecture
IceWall SSO mainly consists of two modules.
; Forwarder
A
CGI process which works as a
Reverse Proxy. It accepts
requests from
Web browser and forwards them to backend applications. Forwarder also handles
loginprocess and authorizations by communicating with Authentication module mentioned below.
; Authentication module
A
daemon program which accepts requests from Forwarder and performs authentication by getting user information from Certification DB (
Directory services or
RDB).
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Business
* ICP srl, Italian manufacturer of automotive equipment and kit aircraft
*Ideal customer profile: see Qualified prospect
* International Comfort Products Corporation, US air conditioning and heating company
* Indonesi ...
(
IceWall Cert Protocol) is used between Forwarder and Authentication Module.
Contemporary products
* Access Manager:
Novell
Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014. Its most significant product was the multi-platform network operating system known as Novell NetWare.
Under the lead ...
* Access Manager:
Oracle
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Description
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* SiteMinder:
CA Technologies
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Tivoli
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* Tivoli, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy, known for historic sites; the inspiration for other places named Tivoli
Buildings
* Tivoli (Baltimore, Maryland), a mansion built about 1855
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Access Manager (TAM):
IBM
* WebSAM SECUREMASTER:
NEC
See also
*
Hewlett-Packard Japan
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware componen ...
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Single sign-on
References
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HP software
Middleware
Federated identity