Active trust relationship

In a networked environment, a trust relationship between two domains is generally a connection that allows one domain accurately to recognize users who have been authenticated by the other domain. While maintaining security, the trust relationship allows users to access resources in multiple domains without repeatedly having to provide their credentials.

Within the Crystal Enterprise environment, the active trust relationship works similarly to provide each user with seamless access to resources across the system. Once the user has been authenticated and granted an active session, all other Crystal Enterprise components can process the user's requests and actions without prompting for credentials. As such, the active trust relationship provides the basis for Crystal Enterprise's distributed security.

Tip:    When combined with Single Sign On functionality, the active trust relationship allows users to access their Crystal Enterprise resources without ever having to explicitly provide credentials to Crystal Enterprise.

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