Tunneling session detection to provide single-sign on (SSO) functionality for a VPN gateway

摘要

A VPN gateway is described that provides single sign-on (SSO) functionality with respect to remote users who have established tunneling sessions with the VPN gateway and who attempt to access a protected resource. The VPN gateway may receive, from a client device, a security assertion request that includes a request for a security assertion to be made by the VPN gateway with respect to a user of a private network associated with the VPN gateway, determine whether the security assertion request was received via a tunneling session established for the user between the client device and the VPN gateway, and issue a security assertion for the user in response to determining that the security assertion request was received via the tunneling session. In this way, a VPN gateway may act as an SSO identity provider for users that have an established tunneling session with the gateway.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
presenting a user interface configured to receive user input specifying whether tunneling session detection should be used to provide security assertions without requiring a user to re-authenticate with a VPN gateway device; establishing, with the VPN gateway device, a tunneling session for a user of a private network associated with the VPN gateway device, the tunneling session being established between a client device and the VPN gateway device; receiving, with the VPN gateway device, a security assertion request from the client device, the security assertion request including a request for a security assertion to be made by the VPN gateway device with respect to the user of the private network associated with the VPN gateway device; determining, with the VPN gateway device, whether the security assertion request was received via the tunneling session established for the user between the client device and the VPN gateway device; and issuing, with the VPN gateway device, a security assertion for the user in response to determining that the security assertion request was received via the tunneling session.