SMS：a Security Management System with LDAP

Abstract

In a heterogeneous environment, different computer hosts may not have the same machine type and may also require different login procedures. When a user uses a certain host, he has to come up with the right password and login with the right procedure. However, this information might be lost and result in the difficulty of management. In this paper, we investigated two representative authentication services and proposed a similar scheme integrated with LDAP, which we named it as “Security Management System (SMS)”. In this system, the user logins merely once by using a Smart Card to provide Single Sign On authentication, and then the system manages the identities with the help of directory service.