{"id":2155,"date":"2010-10-21T11:14:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T15:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/21\/readers-question-what-is-difference-between-sso-osso-oam-sso\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T11:14:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T15:14:50","slug":"readers-question-what-is-difference-between-sso-osso-oam-sso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/21\/readers-question-what-is-difference-between-sso-osso-oam-sso\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Question >> What is difference between SSO , OSSO , OAM SSO"},"content":{"rendered":"

SSO : <\/strong>Single Sign-On
\nOAM : <\/strong>Oracle Access Manager
\nOC4J : <\/strong>OracleAS Container for Java EE
\nOHS : <\/strong>Oracle HTTP Server
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Single Sign-On (SSO)<\/strong>: As name suggests SSO is process of login once and access all applications (portal, EBS, custom apps….) protected by SSO with out any further login\u00a0 (until SSO timeout).<\/p>\n

OSSO<\/strong> : O<\/strong>racle S<\/strong>ingle S<\/strong>ign-O<\/strong>n (OSSO)\u00a0is Oracle Application Server 10g SSO solution from Oracle which is part of Oracle 10g AS infrastructure. OSSO solution consists of\u00a010g OHS<\/strong>(with mod_osso)\u00a0and\u00a0OC4J<\/strong> (OC4J_Security). For high level steps to install Oracle 10g SSO (OSSO) click here<\/a><\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>*\u00a0There is no plan for future development of OSSO. Upgrade path from OSSO is to upgrade to OAM 11g<\/font><\/p>\n

OAM SSO<\/strong> : Oracle Access Manager is another Single Sign-On solution from Oracle (OAM is product from Oblix<\/strong> acquired from\u00a0by Oracle\u00a0in 2005). Oracle Access Manager latest version is 11g (For step by step installation of OAM 11g click here<\/a> ). OAM\u00a0is Oracle’s recommended Single Sign-On solution <\/font>for Oracle Fusion Middleware, EBS, Siebel, Peoplesoft\u00a0and Oracle Fusion Applications (releasing in 2011)<\/p>\n

OAM is rewritten\/migrated from C <\/strong>based application (in OAM 10g) to Java<\/strong> based application (in OAM 11g). For list of changes between OAM 10g & OAM 11g click here<\/a><\/p>\n

Note*<\/strong> : Oracle Recently acquired Passlogix<\/strong> which provides Enterprise Sign-On to any Application – Anytime, Anywhere<\/strong> . More information on Oracle’s Passlogix Acquisition here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nFinally if you are confused about which SSO Solution to choose in your Fusion Middleware\/ E-Business Suite deployment check <\/font>check Choosing Right SSO solution<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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