While many of us understand the need for strong passwords, we also know that most people don’t want to use a unique and highly complex password for each of the multitude of services they need to authenticate to. One way to get around this problem — avoiding password reuse or the use of weak (easy-to-remember) passwords — is to use single-sign on (SSO). As the name implies, SSO allows for users to log on to various related — but independent — services using the same username and password.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://calebhailey.ngrok.io/blog/ldap-authentication-with-sensu-go