AS ABAP Authentication Infrastructure 

Use

You use the authentication infrastructure provided by the AS ABAP to configure and administer authentication policies for your AS ABAP systems.

Integration

The AS ABAP authentication infrastructure supports access authentication and SSO functions for the communication channels supported for the AS ABAP server, including access from the SAP GUI, Web based access and non-dialog access for communication between remote systems.

The access management configuration options and the configuration properties of the AS ABAP enable you to configure basic user authentication and SSO mechanisms, such as options for the use of authentication with user name and password. For advanced authentication scenarios that use cryptography, you use Secure Network Communications (SNC). SNC enables the use of cryptographic functions on the AS ABAP and to use a GSS API V2 to enhance standard authentication functions with custom development, for example to use smart cards for the authentication.

In addition, for AS ABAP components that are enabled for Web-based access from Web clients, you can use the configuration options for the Internet Communication Framework (ICF) to configure authentication options, such as the order of logon checks and HTTP request handlers. The SOAP runtime functions of the ICF also enable you to configure authentication for Web service access.

Features

For more information about the AS ABAP authentication infrastructure and relevant configuration information, see the following sections:

●      Profile Parameters for Logon and Password

Information about configuring relevant profile parameters for user authentication to the AS ABAP.

●      Secure Network Communications (SNC)

Information about using SNC for the AS ABAP.

●      System Logon

Information about the security aspects of using Business Server Pages (BSP) and Web Dynpro as AS ABAP user front ends enabling technologies for Web based access.

●      Defining the Logon Procedure

Information about configuring authentication options for the Internet Communication Framework (ICF).