SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language is an XML framework for exchanging security information over the Internet and enables disparate security systems to interoperate using a single security mechanism. SAML resides within a system's security mechanisms to enable exchange of identity and entitlement with other services. It defines the structure of the documents that transport security information among services.
SAML has the following components:
Assertions and request/response protocols
Bindings (the SOAP-over-HTTP method of transporting SAML requests and responses)
Profiles (for embedding and extracting SAML assertions in a framework or protocol)
Security considerations while using SAML (highly recommended reading)
Conformance guidelines and a ...
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