SAML authentication

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SAML(Security Assertion Markup Language) is an open standard for exchanging authentication information between an identity provider (IdP) and a service provider (SP). That means that you can use one set of credentials to log into many different websites, and to accomplish web browser single sign-on (SSO).

The authentication moment is the moment when the request enters the service framework. That means that a service always needs credentials.

If the Session expiration seconds field of the connection used to connect to the rule service has a value bigger than 0, then a session is created on the server side, and the client gets a SAML authentication cookie in the response. With this cookie, the client can connect again and use the same server session.

 

 

collapseHow SAML SSO works
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collapseHow to specify SAML Authentication for a server

 

See also

Authentication

Authentication matrix