How do SAP logon tickets work? Can they also be used to include non-SAP products in an SSO environment?
You can only use SAP logon tickets within the SAP environment. However, if you use x.509 certificates, you can include non-SAP products in the SSO environment.
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SAP Logon Tickets generate SSO for SAP solutions with Web-based access, that is, for applications that are based on SAP Web Application Server or SAP ITS. An SAP Logon Ticket is used only for the purposes of SSO and cannot be used for initial authentication. To obtain a Logon Ticket, the user must first logon using a different procedure, such as a user name and a password or a digital certificate. The Logon Ticket is contained in a cookie that is forwarded to the user’s Web browser by the issuing system. It is forwarded from the user’s browser to the subsequently called systems that are integrated into the SSO landscape. The user logs on only once. The ticket itself contains the user name, a timestamp, information about the issuing system, and a certain validity period, which can be configured using a system profile parameter , and which can range from a few minutes to several hours. To protect the authenticity and the integrity of the ticket, it is digitally signed by the issuing syst
