Single sign-on using TCG-conformant platforms
Andreas Pashalidis, Chris J. Mitchell · Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks · 2005
This chapter examines an application that can potentially benefit from trusted computing, namely single sign-on (SSO). SSO gives the user the ability to log into systems and applications without the need to maintain separate authentication credentials for each such system and application. In other words, an SSO scheme allows the user to log into (ideally) all relevant systems and applications, using only one set of authentication credentials (e.g. only one username/password pair). In the remainder of the chapter, we use the generic term 'service provider' (SP) to refer to systems and/or applications in the context of SSO.