Service Dashboard

X-Forwarded-User

Zero-Day Shield

SSO + Zero-Day Protection for Homer Dashboard

by Homer Community

Add SAML/OIDC SSO to Homer Dashboard — Protect Your Service Directory

Overview

Why Homer Dashboard Needs an Authenticated Proxy

Homer is a lightweight static service dashboard used to organize and display links to internal services, tools, and applications. While Homer itself is a simple static page, it reveals your entire internal service topology — every tool, every URL, every service that your team uses. An exposed Homer dashboard is a reconnaissance goldmine for attackers, showing exactly which services to target. OnePAM adds enterprise SSO to Homer, ensuring only authenticated team members can view your internal service directory.

HTTP Header Authentication

X-Forwarded-User

Homer is a static application that does not process authentication headers. OnePAM provides authentication at the proxy layer, controlling who can access the Homer dashboard.

Zero-Day Risk Profile

Homer Dashboard Vulnerability Risks

Without an authenticated proxy, these risks are directly exploitable by any network-reachable attacker.

Homer reveals complete internal service topology and URLs

Service links expose tool versions, ports, and access patterns

Infrastructure groupings reveal organizational structure

Bookmarked URLs may include tokens or internal-only hostnames

The Challenge

Security Challenges with Homer Dashboard

These are the risks organizations face when Homer Dashboard is not behind an authenticated proxy.

Service Reconnaissance

Homer dashboards list every internal service with URLs — a complete reconnaissance map for attackers.

No Built-in Auth

Homer is a static page with no authentication mechanism. Anyone who can reach it can see your service directory.

URL Exposure

Internal URLs, ports, and hostnames listed in Homer reveal infrastructure details that should not be public.

Organizational Mapping

Service groupings by team, environment, or function reveal organizational structure.

Version Disclosure

Service descriptions or icons may indicate software versions, helping attackers identify vulnerable targets.

No Access Logging

Homer provides no access logging. There is no way to know who viewed the service directory.

The OnePAM Solution

How OnePAM Adds SSO + Zero-Day Protection to Homer Dashboard

A step-by-step guide to deploying OnePAM's authenticated proxy in front of Homer Dashboard.

Deploy OnePAM as Homer Proxy

Place OnePAM in front of the Homer static dashboard.

Homer is served behind OnePAM. Direct access is blocked at the network level.

Configure Your Identity Provider

Connect OnePAM to your SAML/OIDC provider.

Team members authenticate via corporate SSO before viewing the service directory.

Enable SSO Access Control

OnePAM authenticates all requests to Homer.

Only authenticated employees can see your internal service map.

Audit Directory Access

Every Homer page view is logged with corporate identity.

Know who viewed your service directory, when, and from which device.

Business Impact

Benefits of Securing Homer Dashboard with OnePAM

Measurable security and operational outcomes from deploying OnePAM in front of Homer Dashboard.

Hide Service Topology

Internal service URLs and infrastructure details are invisible to unauthenticated users.

Zero topology exposure

SSO for Static Dashboards

Add enterprise SSO to Homer without modifying the static application.

SSO for static sites

Prevent Reconnaissance

Attackers cannot map your internal services through the Homer dashboard.

Reconnaissance blocked

Instant Access Revocation

When someone leaves, disable them in your IdP. Dashboard access stops immediately.

Real-time revocation

Access Logging

Homer access events logged with corporate identity — impossible with Homer alone.

Complete access history

MFA for Service Directory

Require MFA before viewing your internal service map.

MFA-protected directory

SSO Features

Homer Dashboard SSO Capabilities

Every feature needed to provide enterprise-grade SSO and access control for Homer Dashboard.

SAML 2.0 & OIDC SSO for Homer Dashboard

Zero-config authentication for static sites

Session management and timeout

IP and geo-restriction

Device trust verification

Access event logging

Multiple dashboard SSO support

Automatic session invalidation on IdP sign-out

Custom access policies

Mobile-friendly SSO flow

Security

Zero-Day Protection Features

Enterprise-grade security controls that shield Homer Dashboard from exploitation.

Homer isolated from direct access

End-to-end TLS encryption

Session-level authentication

No modification to Homer required

Header injection prevention

Automatic session invalidation

Real-World Scenarios

Homer Dashboard SSO + Security Use Cases

Common scenarios where organizations deploy OnePAM in front of Homer Dashboard.

Engineering teams accessing internal service directories with SSO

Protecting infrastructure topology from unauthorized viewing

Securing Homer dashboards in multi-tenant environments

Auditing who accessed the service directory during security incidents

Adding authentication to static dashboard tools

Restricting service directory access to on-network users

Frequently Asked Questions

Homer Dashboard SSO + Security FAQ

Common questions about deploying OnePAM's authenticated proxy for Homer Dashboard.

Homer is just a static page. Why does it need SSO?

Homer reveals your entire internal service topology — every URL, every tool, every port. This is valuable reconnaissance information that should only be visible to authenticated employees.

Does OnePAM modify Homer?

No. Homer runs unchanged as a static application. OnePAM provides authentication entirely at the proxy layer.

Can we use OnePAM with other dashboard tools like Dashy?

Yes. OnePAM's proxy authentication works with any web-based dashboard — Homer, Dashy, Heimdall, or custom static dashboards.

Does OnePAM add latency to Homer?

Negligible. Homer is a static page that loads instantly. OnePAM's authentication check adds <5ms to the initial request.

Can different teams see different Homer instances?

Yes. OnePAM can route authenticated users to team-specific Homer instances based on IdP groups.

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