Dear Portal Specialists,
We are in EP 7.0,SPS11.
We want to internet enable EP.
We are implementing ESS.
LDAP is Microsoft AD 2003.
Our scenario is as below :
1) currently LDAP is in internal domain ( hoisted inside the company )
2) EP and other SAP systems are hoisted outside the company
3) What is the best way to get the users ( employees) authenticated.
Q1) Is it possible to authenticate users(employees) who come from the internet to get authenticated thru a LDAP server which resides in external domain ( outside the company) and users who access ep thru intranet to a LDAP server which is internally hoisted. ( it will be the same user who may access ep thru the internet or thru the intranet )
In the backend we dont want to maintain 2 user ids for every user.
The idea is to NOT traverse the network and break into the firewall for every authentication from internet.
Appreciate any inputs.
Thanks.