Single sign-on is token-based authentication where an SSO token, opaque to SAP Mobile Platform, is passed in an HTTP header or cookie
Single sign-on (SSO) enables access control for multiple, independent systems, affording the user a single login to access multiple secure systems. Token-based authentication uses opaque values from HTTP headers or cookies to authenticate the user against the customer's single sign-on systems.
The HTTP/HTTPS Authentication authentication provider is always used for this form of authentication. This authentication provider passes the token to a Web server that is integrated to the SSO system and is able to validate the token and potentially return more information back to SAP Mobile Platform about the user who owns the token. It may also return additional SSO credential material that SAP Mobile Platform can further use with back-end systems to identify the user.