Authentication Enhancements for SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP

You can use authentication enhancements for SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP to customize the standard authentication policies to your business needs or use an external security product to enforce access control to the server.

By implementing additional security functions provided by an external or custom developed security product, you can strengthen the security of your AS ABAP. For example, you can meet your individual requirements by integrating a custom authentication mechanism of your choice or by using specific security algorithms.

Prerequisites

Secure Network Communications (SNC) is activated on SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP.
The custom developed enhancement must provide the entire functionality defined in the Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSS API) V2 interface.

Note
SNC uses the GSS API V2 as the standard interface for calls to SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On or external security products. The GSS API V2 is a standard interface to security functions. It has been developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
The functions provided by the custom developed security solution must be dynamically loadable.

Features

SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP enables you to enhance standard authentication in the following directions:

You can customize the standard logon screens and authentication options for users accessing SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP from Web browsers.
You can develop authentication libraries to use GSS API V2 provided by the use of SNC on SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP.