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OpenSSO is the only comprehensive open source solution for Web access management, federation and secure Web services. This wiki provides you with a strong online reference aid to help as you download and deploy OpenSSO. Go to OpenSSO Project to download the latest stable build and begin using it today.

OpenSSO (http://opensso.org/) is a Sun Microsystems-sponsored open source project providing core identity functionality such as single sign-on (SSO), federation and identity Web services. The project is based on the code base of Sun Java System Access Manager and will form the basis for Sun Federated Access Manager 8, the next commercial product release. As well as enterprise-focused standards such as SAML 2.0, XACML and WS-Federation, OpenSSO includes protocols such as OpenID and Information Cards as Extensions - community-based sub-projects. In fact, OpenSSO participated in both the Concordia (http://www.projectconcordia.org/) and OSIS (http://osis.idcommons.net/) interoperability events at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco. 

OpenSSO provides complete access management, federation and secure web services functionality in a single Java distribution. The solution helps organizations manage secure access to Web applications - both within the enterprise and across business-to-business (B2B) value chains. By utilizing a central point of authentication, role-based access control, and single sign on (SSO), OpenSSO provides an effective and scalable security model across all Web-based applications, simplifying the exchange of information and transactions while protecting the privacy and security of vital identity information.

OpenSSO protects resources from intrusion and unauthorized access with real time audit of any such events. It also creates well-defined, repeatable and auditable security processes that can be enforced enterprise-wide based on user identities.

By offering SSO for heterogeneous environments - including Microsoft Windows - OpenSSO simplifies the authentication and authorization process, increasing usability while still maintaining security. It also fully exploits the convenience of SSO and device independence to make information easily accessible and securely deliverable - at any time, anywhere, on any device.

OpenSSO supports the latest federation standards, including Liberty Alliance, Security Assertion Markup Language and WS-Federation. Its support of these standards helps create a federated framework and authentication-sharing mechanism that is both easy to use and interoperable with existing enterprise systems. OpenSSO enables new e-business opportunities, from portals to Web services, by efficiently enabling trusted networks between existing and new business partners, and thus, ultimately providing new revenue-generating opportunities.