saml-2.0

Getting started with saml-2.0

Remarks#

SAML2.0 is an open standard used for transferring authentication and authorization data between Service Providers and Identity Providers.

The most common usage is web based SSO, where SAML is what enabled a user to login to an application with credentials from another system, without having the need to have the two systems directly connect to each other during authentication.

The SAML2.0 authentication flow

SAML Debugging tools


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