Not sure what to search for
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- RobertGonzalez
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Not sure what to search for
Ok, I am at a total loss for what to search for, so I turn it over to this fine community.
I want to implement a single login system for my corporate internet. Basically if you are logged onto the network, whatever machine you are logged in to will, when opening IE, know who you are based on your network credentials and authenticate you with your network authentication.
What term should I be Googling for? I tried single sign-on, NT authentication, LDAP authentication, Active Directory Authentication (all with PHP) but I am having no luck finding what I am looking for. I am not necessarily looking for code or tutorials (I won't turn it away, but that is really not what I am after) so much as I am looking for the term I need to Google for in order to find what I want.
As always, any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.
I want to implement a single login system for my corporate internet. Basically if you are logged onto the network, whatever machine you are logged in to will, when opening IE, know who you are based on your network credentials and authenticate you with your network authentication.
What term should I be Googling for? I tried single sign-on, NT authentication, LDAP authentication, Active Directory Authentication (all with PHP) but I am having no luck finding what I am looking for. I am not necessarily looking for code or tutorials (I won't turn it away, but that is really not what I am after) so much as I am looking for the term I need to Google for in order to find what I want.
As always, any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.
- RobertGonzalez
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Yes. So once you are authenticated to the network via your PC login, you are logged in. Opening IE (any browser really, though I know IE integrates well with this process and FF/Opera require secondary login credential passing) should then serve up your intranet home page based on who you are as described by the network.
- RobertGonzalez
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- RobertGonzalez
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I will into that tonight. I'd really like to be able to offer this, though the more I think about it the more it seems that it might not be the best way to go, what with have constant authenticated access to the intranet on your machine open all day long and people forgetting to lock their computers. That could go a long way in making my intranet app insecure from the physical access level