A SAML service provider is a system entity that receives and accepts authentication assertions in conjunction with a
single sign-on
Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems.
True single sign-on allows the user to log in once and access services without re-enterin ...
(SSO) profile of the
Security Assertion Markup Language
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML, pronounced ''SAM-el'', ) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML is an XML-base ...
(SAML).
In the SAML domain model, a ''SAML relying party'' is any system entity that receives and accepts information from another system entity.
Of particular interest is a SAML relying party that receives and accepts a SAML assertion issued by a SAML authority.
An important type of SAML authority is the
SAML identity provider, a system entity that issues authentication assertions in conjunction with an SSO profile of SAML.
A relying party that consumes such assertions is called a ''SAML service provider'' (or simply ''service provider'' if the domain is understood). Thus ''a SAML service provider is a system entity that receives and accepts an authentication assertion issued by a SAML identity provider.''
See also
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Security Assertion Markup Language
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML, pronounced ''SAM-el'', ) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML is an XML-base ...
(SAML)
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SAML identity provider
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SAML-based products and services
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a set of specifications that encompasses the XML-format for security tokens containing assertions to pass information about a user and protocols and profiles to implement authentication and authorizat ...
References
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[J. Hodges et al. ''Glossary for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0.'' OASIS Standard, March 2005. Document identifier: saml-glossary-2.0-os http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-glossary-2.0-os.pdf]
[J. Hughes et al. ''Profiles for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0.'' OASIS Standard, March 2005. Document identifier: saml-profiles-2.0-os http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-profiles-2.0-os.pdf (for the latest working draft of this specification with errata, see: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/56782/sstc-saml-profiles-errata-2.0-wd-07.pdf)]
XML-based standards
Federated identity
Computer access control