Implementation av stark autentisering till en webbportal

Abstract

This thesis compares some of the most used authentication methods used in the internet by modern services and platforms. The thesis is giving a brief look at each one of them, how they work, in which cases are they used and each methods pros and cons. The reason for this thesis was to research different authentication methods that could be used in CSIT Finland Oys identity management software. The goal of this thesis was to imple-ment a strong authentication solution to their existing software. The method chosen was SAML with the help of Suomi.fi. This thesis demonstrates how strong authentication is configured using SAML with the help of Shibboleth and other requirements that are used in the process.