During the 5th Liferay Netherlands user group meeting, Sander Bilo from the Firelay team (then Proteon) discussed during a lightning talk the benefits for a portal like Liferay, its users and administrators, to connect to a LDAP (like Active Directory) using a Single Sign-on server.
16. Legacy/other systems
• ‘This piece of software is just better suited
for the job’
• ‘We don't have time to implement this
functionality in Liferay (yet)’
17. Legacy/other systems
• ‘This piece of software is just better suited
for the job’
• ‘We don't have time to implement this
functionality in Liferay (yet)’
• ‘Other parties use this software, we need it
to stay compatible’
18. Legacy/other systems
• ‘This piece of software is just better suited
for the job’
• ‘We don't have time to implement this
functionality in Liferay (yet)’
• ‘Other parties use this software, we need it
to stay compatible’
21. User acceptance
• ‘Oh, no not another system I have to use’
• ‘Do I also have to register here?’
22. User acceptance
• ‘Oh, no not another system I have to use’
• ‘Do I also have to register here?’
• ‘My current tools work fine’
23. User acceptance
• ‘Oh, no not another system I have to use’
• ‘Do I also have to register here?’
• ‘My current tools work fine’
• ‘This tool will make me obsolete!’
24. User acceptance
• ‘Oh, no not another system I have to use’
• ‘Do I also have to register here?’
• ‘My current tools work fine’
• ‘This tool will make me obsolete!’
• ‘What is the login/password for this
system? I lost track!’
25. User acceptance
• ‘Oh, no not another system I have to use’
• ‘Do I also have to register here?’
• ‘My current tools work fine’
• ‘This tool will make me obsolete!’
• ‘What is the login/password for this
system? I lost track!’
27. Security
• ‘I got a new password for this application,
lets put it on a post-it’
28. Security
• ‘I got a new password for this application,
lets put it on a post-it’
• ‘Lets use the same password everywhere’
29. Security
• ‘I got a new password for this application,
lets put it on a post-it’
• ‘Lets use the same password everywhere’
• ..‘and put it on a post-it’
30. Security
• ‘I got a new password for this application,
lets put it on a post-it’
• ‘Lets use the same password everywhere’
• ..‘and put it on a post-it’
• ‘Just make everybody administrator so we
don't have to think about roles for this
system as well’
31. Security
• ‘I got a new password for this application,
lets put it on a post-it’
• ‘Lets use the same password everywhere’
• ..‘and put it on a post-it’
• ‘Just make everybody administrator so we
don't have to think about roles for this
system as well’
38. Solutions
• Central user management
• Single point of authentication and
authorization
• Integration of services (applications)
39. Solutions
• Central user management
• Single point of authentication and
authorization
• Integration of services (applications)
• Self-service for end users