Introduction

Thank you for reading the OneSpan Authentication Server SDK Plug-In Engine Guide. This guide provides information for developers using the OneSpan Authentication Server Software Development Kit (SDK) to implement custom back-end authentication engines.

It provides information about integrating custom authentication mechanisms into OneSpan Authentication Server.

Who should read this guide?

This guide is designed for developers using OneSpan Authentication Server products. It is designed primarily for software developers who design and develop OneSpan Authentication Server authentication engines, or custom client applications integrating OneSpan Authentication Server functionality.

You should be familiar with:

• Online authentication and authorisation tools and protocols, including SOAP, RADIUS, WSDL, SSL, XML, HTML and TCP/IP
• Windows and Linux security software environments, including IIS, Active Directory and ODBC
• Administration tasks, including user management, policy, scheduling, reports, and performance monitoring
• Password management and encryption techniques
• EMV-CAP and other e-commerce transaction standards

Custom authentication engine developers should also be familiar with the C programming language and the development of dynamically linked libraries.