What is WS-Trust protocol?
Web Services Trust Language (WS-Trust) refers to a protocol defined for particularly controlling the issuance, renewal and validation of Web security tokens. The protocol is an extension of Web Services Security and provides a framework for secure communication between various Web applications.
What is WS fed and WS-Trust?
Web Services Federation (WS-Federation or WS-Fed) is part of the larger WS-Security framework and an extension to the functionality of WS-Trust. The features of WS-Federation can be used directly by SOAP applications and web services. WS-Fed is a protocol that can be used to negotiate the issuance of a token.
How do I use WS-Trust?
Click Application Policies > User Settings. Select Yes or No from the Enable WS-Trust protocol drop-down list. WS-Trust is enabled by default. Applications using the WS-Trust protocol include Office 365 and Dynamics CRM.
Is WS-Federation a security mechanism?
WS-Federation is part of the larger Web Services Security (WS-Security) framework which provides a means for applying security to web services through the use of security tokens. WS-Security describes how to attach signature and encryption headers as well as security tokens (including binary security tokens such as X.
How does secure token service work?
Within that claims-based identity framework, a secure token service is responsible for issuing, validating, renewing and cancelling security tokens. The tokens issued by security token services can then be used to identify the holder of the token to services that adhere to the WS-Trust standard.
What is the difference between SAML and WS-Federation?
WS-Federation is primarily championed by Microsoft Corporation which has invested heavily into incorporating WS-Federation into its products. SAML is an older specification that is well supported by many identity management vendors. However, most vendors, including Microsoft, are moving to support both standards.
Is WS-Fed SAML?
WS_Fed authentication works much the same way as SAML authentication does. The details of what it sends are called different things, but the flow of information is similar. WS-Fed uses a different protocol than SAML, and the information that it needs in the response token is different.
What is OAuth server?
OAuth is an open-standard authorization protocol or framework that describes how unrelated servers and services can safely allow authenticated access to their assets without actually sharing the initial, related, single logon credential.
What is STS in SAML?
An STS is a third-party web service that authenticates clients by validating credentials and issuing security tokens across different formats (for example, SAML, Kerberos, or X. 509). The API Gateway can use the Security Token Service Client filter to request security tokens from an STS using WS-Trust.
Is SAML and SSO the same?
SAML enables Single-Sign On (SSO), a term that means users can log in once, and those same credentials can be reused to log into other service providers.