The present invention provides methods, systems, computer program
products, and methods of doing business whereby legacy host
application/system access is integrated with single sign-on in a modem
distributed computing environment. A security token used for signing on
to the modem computing environment is leveraged, and is mapped to user
credentials for the legacy host environment. These user credentials are
programmatically inserted into a legacy host data stream, thereby giving
the end user the look and feel of seamless access to all
applications/systems, including not only modem computing
applications/systems but also those residing on (or accessible through)
legacy hosts. In addition to providing users with the advantages of
single sign-on, the disclosed techniques enable limiting the number of
user identifiers and passwords an enterprise has to manage.