User authentication principles
Several authentication principles are supported. Once you decide on the principle and the applications to support, you can determine the authentication method.
The following authentication principles are supported:
- Form-based authentication: User credentials are provided in a WFO sign in form, which is sent to WFO, and the user is then authenticated against the
If form based authentication method is selected, using HTTPS protects user credentials.
- Federated authentication: User credentials are held by a third-party identity provider and a token is provided to WFO to validate.