MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan Developer Documentation Develop for the Nokia N9

SignOn framework

Introduction

Single Sign-On is a framework for centrally storing authentication credentials and handling authentication on behalf of applications as requested by applications. It consists of a secure storage of login credentials (for example usernames and passwords), plugins for different authentication systems and a client library for applications to communicate with this system.

Components in the SignOn framework
Plugin Description
SignOn Client Library Provides authentication to (usually remote) services by using an existing set of credentials, and provides operation on the credentials database.
SignOn Plugin Development Provides the interface definition and classes that must be used when implementing an authentication plugin for the SSO framework.
SignOn SASL Plugin Provides client applications with a way to perform SASL-based authentication through the SSO framework.

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