Building an SSO platform in php (Zendcon 2010)

Building an SSO platformIvo Jansch - EgeniqNovember 4, 2010 - Zendcon

About Egeniq

Startup

Mobile

Tech

Knowledge

Geeks

Development

About Me

@ijansch

Developer

Author

Entreprenerd

PHP

Single Sign OnWhy do we need it?

We use many applications

Your other corporate application

Your corporate application

Across devices and locations

Your other corporate application

Your corporate application

A quick poll

Level 0 - One PasswordTo Rule Them All

1 password to rule them all

Your other corporate application

Your corporate application

Level 1 - Shared IdentityUsing a single authentication backend for apps

Shared Identity

Your other corporate application

Your corporate application

LDAPServer

Level 2 - OpenIDUsing OpenID for external Identity Management

OpenID Flow

OpenIDConsumer

OpenIDProvider

OpenIDConsumer

OpenID Demo

OpenIDProvider

index.php

login.php

consume.php

Protecting the secret

Delegate to OpenID provider

Consume the response

Caveats

OpenID providers hesitant to be OpenID consumers

No trust establishment between consumer and provider

Level 3 - OAuthUsing OAuth for external IDM and authorization

OAuth Flow

OAuthConsumer

OAuthProvider

Landing adjusted for OAuth

OAuth Configuration

Delegate auth to Twitter

Consuming the response

Level 4 - SAMLCreating our own Identity Provider

SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language

XML standard by OASIS

Assertions contain:

Proof of Identity

Attributes

Supports XML signatures and encryption

SAML Flow

Service Provider

IdentityProvider

AuthBackend (LDAP, ...)

SimpleSAMLphp

Service Provider

Identity Provider

SimpleSAMLPHP

SimpleSAMLPHP

AuthBackend (LDAP, ...)

IDP SimpleSAMLphp setup

IDP Auth Source Configuration

IDP Hosted Configuration

IDP Remote Configuration

IDP Virtual Host Apache Config

Testing the IDP

SP SimpleSAMLphp setup

SP Auth Source Configuration

SP Remote Configuration

Back to our landing page

Delegate auth to the IDP

Integrating 3d party appsSimplesamlphp is easy to integrate

WordpressPlugin:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simplesamlphp-authentication/

MediaWikiPlugin:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SAMLAuth

SugarCRM

Plugin: didn’t work

Problem: auth structure

Solution: hacking the source

Options:

Contact me if you need to get SugarCRM to do SSO :-)

Wait for SugarCRM 6.1, it contains a working SAML plugin (/via @smalyshev)

Google Apps

Requires Premier or Education Edition

Configure SAML endpoint => Done!

Docs:

http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/sso/saml_reference_implementation.html

Google Apps

Making apps SSO ready

Application

Logged in?

Auth Plugin

Yes

Show Site

LoginForm

Authenticate

Start

No

Making apps SSO ready

Application

Logged in?

Auth Plugin

Yes

Show Site

LoginForm

Authenticate

Start

No

Making apps SSO ready

Application

Logged in?

Auth Plugin

Yes

Show Site

LoginForm

Authenticate

Start

No

Making apps SSO ready

Application

Logged in?

Auth Plugin

Authenticate

Start

No

LoginForm

Show Site

LoginForm

Yes

Level 5 - FederationDealing with multiple Identity Providers

Federation

Service Provider

AuthenticationFederation

Identity Provider

Identity Provider

Confederation

Service Provider

Authentication Federation

Identity Provider

Identity Provider

AuthenticationFederation

Identity Provider

Collaboration Infrastructures

http://www.surfnet.nl/en/Thema/coin/Pages/Default.aspx

The Future

The Future

ConclusionWhat should you take away from this talk?

In your next project...

You will NOT create more userids !!

You WILL use standard protocols !!

Thank [email protected] http://www.egeniq.com @ijansch @egeniq

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