From 82ee3a6035bb56240898f23a40fc83c2fd92c7e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:18:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Adjust wording for SSO introduction --- specification/modules/sso_login.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/specification/modules/sso_login.rst b/specification/modules/sso_login.rst index 57188500..6dd4a332 100644 --- a/specification/modules/sso_login.rst +++ b/specification/modules/sso_login.rst @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ SSO client login .. _module:sso_login: -Single Sign-On (SSO) is a generic web-based protocol for logging in users. -As a special case, the Matrix specification supports `CAS-based login <#cas-based-client-login>`_ -as well as a subset of SSO login. +Single Sign-On (SSO) is a generic term which refers to protocols which allow +users to log into applications via a single web-based authentication portal. +Examples include "Central Authentication Service" (CAS) and SAML. An overview of the process, as used in Matrix, is as follows: