Logon ticket

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In the field of computer science , Logon Ticket describes an authentication mechanism. The logon ticket is an object that is transferred to the software system on which a registration ( login or logon) is to be made.

It contains user data ( credentials ) and password in encrypted form. The target application must have a certificate from the originator of the logon ticket and its public key. It then decrypts the logon ticket and logs the user on to the system with the data it contains.