External Authentication - Intranet
 

Hi,

Before I purchase vbulletin software, I would like to check with you guys to see if this product will meet my requirements. Our company has an intranet and I would like to minimize the user management administrator. Vbulletin will be sitting on public IP address. I would like to create a SSO process integrated to our intranet.

Actually what I would like to do is;

- I will install PGP on the server where vbulletin will be installed.
- Our Intranet will have a link to the vbulletin forum.
- Intranet server will encrypt a value with my public key and send this info to Vbulletin forum server.
- Vbulletin server will decrypt this with its private key and authenticate the user into the forum.
- If a user will go directly to the Vbulletin forum website, they will not be able to login. The only way will be passing through our Intranet.

May I accomplish this with Vbulletin or the source-codes are kind of locked which I cannot modify and play?

Thank you for letting me know,

SSO can be accomplished in vBulletin, and it can be done entirely through the plugin system (i.e. no modification of vBulletin files). I know because I have done it before.

Also, vBulletin is visible source (not open source!), meaning the code is fully visible and not encoded/encrypted.

Does Vbulletin provide a professional service and make the necesary changes on the codes for us? May I ask a quote for this?

In the meantime, do you please guide me to the right resource where I may have further infr about the plugin system. I would love to hear your SSO mechanism to see if it is similiar to what I am trying to achieve.
Thank you very much

vBulletin (i.e. Jelsoft/Internet Brands) does not provide professional coding services. However, once licensed, you are able to post on the "Paid Services Request" forum here, and a member will be able to give you a quote.
You can find more information about the plugin system in the vBulletin Manual.

Thank you dismounted,

My last question will be, the scenerio I explained in my 1st post, is it possible and achievable with Vbulletin with native functionality or/and with additional coding?

As alluded to in my first reply - your scenario can be achieved using additional code, through plugins.