Saml 2.0

Enable WorkSpaces client application registration and signing in to WorkSpaces for your users by using their SAML 2.0 identity provider (IdP) credentials and authentication methods by setting up identity federation using SAML 2.0. To set up identity federation using SAML 2.0, use an IAM role and a relay state URL to configure your IdP and enable AWS. This grants your federated users access to a WorkSpaces directory. The relay state is the WorkSpaces directory endpoint to which users are forwarded after successfully signing in to AWS. • US East (N. Virginia) Region • US West (Oregon) Region • Africa (Cape Town) Region • Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region • Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region • Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region • Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region • Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region • Canada (Central) Region • Europe (Frankfurt) Region • Europe (Ireland) Region • Europe (London) Region • South America (São Paulo) Region • AWS GovCloud (US-West) • To use SAML 2.0 authentication with WorkSpaces,the IdP must support unsolicited IdP-initiated SSO with a deep link target resource or relay state endpoint URL. Examples of IdPs include ADFS, Azure AD, Duo Single Sign-On, Okta, PingFederate, and PingOne. Consult your IdP documentation for more information. • SAML 2.0 authentication will function with WorkSpaces launched using Simple AD, but this isn't recommended as Simple AD doesn't integrate with SAML 2.0 IdPs. • SAML 2.0 authentication is supported on the following WorkSpaces clients. Other ...

Technical standard for authentication and authorization Security Assertion Markup Language ( SAML, pronounced SAM-el, ˈ s æ m əl/) • A set of XML-based protocol messages • A set of protocol message bindings • A set of profiles (utilizing all of the above) An important use case that SAML addresses is Overview [ ] The SAML specification defines three roles: the principal (typically a human user), the At the heart of the SAML assertion is a subject (a principal within the context of a particular security domain) about which something is being asserted. The subject is usually (but not necessarily) a human. As in the SAML2.0 Technical Overview, Before delivering the subject-based assertion from IdP to the SP, the IdP may request some information from the principal—such as a user name and password—in order to authenticate the principal. SAML specifies the content of the assertion that is passed from the IdP to the SP. In SAML, one identity provider may provide SAML assertions to many service providers. Similarly, one SP may rely on and trust assertions from many independent IdPs. SAML does not specify the method of authentication at the identity provider. The IdP may use a username and password, or some other form of authentication, including History [ ] The • Security Services Markup Language (S2ML) from Netegrity • AuthXML from Securant • XML Trust Assertion Service Specification (X-TASS) from VeriSign • Information Technology Markup Language (ITML) from Jamcracker Building on...

Before any authentication transaction happens, the Relying Party (RP) and Identity Provider (IdP) need to establish a trust relationship. This relationship is built by exchanging a few artifacts such as metadata, specific endpoints, signing and encryption certificates, supported connection methods, etc. Once these are established, the RP needing a user’s identity sends the IdP a form POST (or redirects) with an authentication request, within a web browser session. The IdP then authenticates the end-user with an interactive login and returns the corresponding identity data (set of credentials) in a If the RP requires additional attributes, these may be requested within the context of the SSO session by sending an Attribute Query to the IdP. Normally, SAML responses are digitally signed, to enable detection of data manipulation in transit, and may also be encrypted if transport encryption (HTTPS) is insufficient. First published in 2012, OAuth2, is an authorization protocol designed to allow users to give access to their resources hosted by a service provider, without giving away credentials. The nature of the user’s resources is not defined in the protocol specifications, so they can be data or other entities. OAuth2 has a rich set of features that permit its use from a broad range of devices and applications. Also, OAuth2 is the base upon which OpenID Connect, a popular authentication protocol, is built. In OAuth2 terminology, the service requiring access to users’ resourc...

SAML is an acronym used to describe the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). Its primary role in online security is that it enables you to access multiple web applications using one set of login credentials. It works by passing authentication information in a particular format between two parties, usually an identity provider (idP) and a web application. SAML is an open standard used for authentication. Based upon the Extensible Markup Language (XML) format, web applications use SAML to transfer authentication data between two parties - the identity provider (IdP) and the service provider (SP). The technology industry created SAML to simplify the authentication process where users needed to access multiple, independent web applications across domains. Prior to SAML, single sign-on (SSO) was achievable but relied on cookies that were only viable within the same domain. It achieves this objective by centralizing user authentication with an identity provider. Web applications can then leverage SAML via the identity provider to grant access to their users. This SAML authentication approach means users do not need to remember multiple usernames and passwords. It also benefits service providers as it increases security of their own platform, primarily by avoiding the need to store (often weak and insecure) passwords and not having to address forgotten password issues. Due to its many benefits, SAML is a widely adopted enterprise solution. First, it improves the user experi...

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Bias-Free Language The documentation set for this product strives to use bias-free language. For the purposes of this documentation set, bias-free is defined as language that does not imply discrimination based on age, disability, gender, racial identity, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Exceptions may be present in the documentation due to language that is hardcoded in the user interfaces of the product software, language used based on RFP documentation, or language that is used by a referenced third-party product. Book Contents SAML-Based SSO Solution • • • • • • • • • • • About SAML SSO Solution Important When deploying Cisco Jabber with Cisco Webex meeting server, Unified Communications Manager and the Webex meeting server must be in the same domain. SAML is an XML-based open standard data format that enables administrators to access a defined set of Cisco collaboration applications seamlessly after signing into one of those applications. SAML describes the exchange of security related information between trusted business partners. It is an authentication protocol used by service providers (for example, Unified Communications Manager) to authenticate a user. SAML enables exchange of security authentication information between an Identity Provider (IdP) and a service provider. SAML SSO uses the SAML 2.0 protocol to offer cross-domain and cross-product single sign-on for Cisco collaboration solutions. SAML 2.0 enables SSO ...

In this article The Microsoft identity platform uses the SAML 2.0 and other protocols to enable applications to provide a single sign-on (SSO) experience to their users. The The SAML protocol requires the identity provider (Microsoft identity platform) and the service provider (the application) to exchange information about themselves. When an application is registered with Azure AD, the app developer registers federation-related information with Azure AD. This information includes the Redirect URI and Metadata URI of the application. The Microsoft identity platform uses the cloud service's Metadata URI to retrieve the signing key and the logout URI. This way the Microsoft identity platform can send the response to the correct URL. In the • Open the app in Azure Active Directory and select App registrations • Under Manage, select Authentication. From there you can update the Logout URL. Azure AD exposes tenant-specific and common (tenant-independent) SSO and single sign-out endpoints. These URLs represent addressable locations, and aren't only identifiers. You can then go to the endpoint to read the metadata. • The tenant-specific endpoint is located at https://login.microsoftonline.com//FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml. The placeholder represents a registered domain name or TenantID GUID of an Azure AD tenant. For example, the federation metadata of the contoso.com tenant is at: • The tenant-independent endpoint is located at https://login.microsoftonlin...