FAIRsharing record for: IVOA Single-Sign-On Profile: Authentication Mechanisms

This FAIRsharing record describes: Single-Sign-On Profile: Authentication Mechanisms is a guideline describing approved client-server authentication mechanisms for the IVOA single-sign-on profile. These mechanisms include: No Authentication; HTTP Basic Authentication; TLS with passwords; TLS with client certificates; Cookies; Open Authentication; Security Assertion Markup Language; OpenID. Normative rules are given for the implementation of these mechanisms, mainly by reference to pre-existing standards. The Authorization mechanisms are out of the scope of this document.