OpenSSO Resource Center

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h1. What can OpenSSO do for you?

*Enable secure Web access management.*
Centralize and enforce SSO and security policy for internal Web applications and extranet authentication that is repeatable and scalable.

*Establish a fast track to federation.*
Federate back to a service provider without the need for any additional product, using The Fedlet, a 8.5 MB package for identity providers.

*Extend security to Web services.*
Enforce a comprehensive security policy for Web applications and services across the enterprise.




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h2. Join the OpenSSO Community

The community is largely made up of Sun developers, partners, and customers. But anyone who is interested in enterprise identity management and web services security is welcome to join\!


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* [OpenSSO Open Source Project Home|https://opensso.dev.java.net/]
* [Join or Log In|https://www.dev.java.net/servlets/Join]

h4. Make Connections

* [Get on the OpenSSO Mailing List.|https://opensso.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectMailingListList]
* [Join an OpenSSO IRC chat.|http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSSO/OpenSSO+IRC+Channel]
* [Join an OpenSSO forum discussion.|https://opensso.dev.java.net/servlets/ForumMessageList?forumID=1554]
* [See who's in the OpenSSO Facebook Group.|http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8866085604]
* [Join the OpenSSO LinkedIn Group|http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?gid=44614&sharedKey=60041805DABC]  

h4. Contribute to the OpenSSO Resource Center

Community members contribute white papers, tips, workarounds, and other information of interest to enterprise architects and administrators. Do you have valuable OpenSSO information to share?  Just add a page to this wiki.  [More...|http://wikis.sun.com/x/ggeOBQ]

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h2. Read the Latest OpenSSO Blogs

All OpenSSO, all the time...

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h2. Get Started with OpenSSO

* [Download the OpenSSO software|https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/use/index.html#releases]
OpenSSO Express - Most Recent Stable build supported by Sun.
OpenSSO Enterprise - Commercial Release supported by Sun.
OpenSSO Nightly - Latest Nightly builds.
Details on Express Vs Enterprise is available [here|http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSSO/Sun+OpenSSO+Express].


* See the [SDN article|http://developers.sun.com/identity/reference/techart/opensso-glassfish.html] for detailed instructions on installing OpenSSO on a Glassfish application container.

* Install OpenSSO on a Glassfish, Tomcat, or  other container of your choice.
See the [Installation/Configuration Product Documentation|http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-3320].

* See the [Technical Overview|http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-3740] and the [Deployment Planning Guide|http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-3746].
These provide a starting point for understanding the various features offered by OpenSSO.

* Explore other available OpenSSO resources on this page.


























































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