Shibboleth

Single sign-on solution products that help to keep workforces connected to vital resources and applications across and between organisations of all sizes.

Shibboleth consists of four components:

• Shibboleth Identity Provider is presented as simple Single Sign-On solution for any organisation with complex identity management requirements. And Shibboleth Service Provider is designed to work alongside a vast range of web applications.
• Service Provider is designed to work alongside a vast range of web applications. Through integration with popular web servers, this product prioritises privacy and offers a wide range of authorisation features.
  
• Installed alongside a Service Provider, Embedded Discovery Service grants the user the ability to select their chosen Identity Provider from a smaller list.
  
• Built to speed up the process of consuming and querying metadata, the Metadata Aggregator is a general tool that can be customised by developers to suit the organization.