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=Identity Provider=
=Identity Provider=
The Identity Provider (IdP) is.
The Identity Provider is also known as the ''asserting party''.


=Service Provider=
=Service Provider=

Revision as of 01:18, 21 February 2017

Internal

Security Assertion

Subject

Subjects are entities that have identity related information specific to a security domain.

Security Domain

Identity Provider

The Identity Provider (IdP) is.

The Identity Provider is also known as the asserting party.

Service Provider

Web Browser Single Sign-On

Web browser single sign-on (SSO) among independent but cooperating parties is the most important SAML use case. Another more recent approach to addressing browser SSO is the OpenID Connect protocol.

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