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Jochen Nickel
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Jochen Nickel is a Cloud, Identity and Access Management Solution Architect with a clear focus and in-depth technical knowledge of Identity and Access Management. He is currently working for inovit GmbH in Switzerland leading and executing projects in the field of Identity and Access Management including Data Classification and Information protection. Jochen is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially in the Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite, Office 365 and Azure. He is an established speaker at many technology conferences like Azure Bootcamps, TrustInTech Meetups or the Experts Live Switzerland and Europe.
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Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0


SAML is the foundation for much of the current identity federation activity. SAML 2.0 is preceded by SAML 1.0 and 1.1. SAML 1.1 was released in 2003 and had just two scenarios (also known as profiles), and both were IdP-initiated. Shibboleth 1.3 and Liberty Alliance—WS-FF 1.2 extended SAML 1.1, and SAML 2.0 was released by OASIS in 2005.

The following table shows the SAML core principles:

Assertions

Protocols

Bindings

Package of identityinformation

Request/response based

Associates a message (protocol) with transport (communication mechanism)

Synonym token

Defines the messaging requirements

Examples:

  • HTTP Redirect
  • HTTP POST
  • HTTP Artifact
  • SOAP

XML-based

Examples:

  • Authentication request
  • Single logout
  • Artifact resolution

 

In the next section, we will talk about the key facts of the SAML 2.0 protocol.

Key facts about SAML

The SAML standard provides accurate messages for the transfer of requests and assertions (claims). SAML offers several options for the transfer of information...

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Jochen Nickel

Jochen Nickel is a Cloud, Identity and Access Management Solution Architect with a clear focus and in-depth technical knowledge of Identity and Access Management. He is currently working for inovit GmbH in Switzerland leading and executing projects in the field of Identity and Access Management including Data Classification and Information protection. Jochen is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially in the Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite, Office 365 and Azure. He is an established speaker at many technology conferences like Azure Bootcamps, TrustInTech Meetups or the Experts Live Switzerland and Europe.
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