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  • What is SAML?
  • Benefits of SAML2
  • IdP Support for SAML2
  • SAML 2.0 FAQ
  • SAML 2.0 profiles
  • SP Support for SAML2

Starting with InCommon

  • Supported software
  • Shibboleth installation guides
  • Shibboleth installation training
  • Testing your IdP
  • Testing your SP
  • Establishing your EntityID
  • Registering your system in the federation: metadata
  • Establishing your primary DNS domain

Identity Attributes

  • Attribute Overview
  • InCommon Attribute Summary
  • eduPerson Schema

Federation Manager

  • Getting credentials to access federation manager
  • Using the federation manager

Metadata

  • General Information
  • Metadata administration
    • IdP Metadata Elements
    • SP Metadata Elements
    • InCommon Metadata Schema
    • Contacts in Metadata
    • Endpoins in Metadata
    • Entity IDs
    • Error Handling URL
    • New IdPs in Metadata
    • Scope in metadata
    • x.509 certificates in metadata
  • Metadata consumption
  • User interface elements

Discovery

  • General Information
  • Configuring metadata for discovery
  • configuring SAML SP software
  • discovery service FAQ
  • configuring Shibboleth for InCommon Discovery Service

Service Providers

  • Install/operate/manage SAML SP software
  • Connect services to be federated to the software and enable them to use incoming attributes to control access
  • Add SP information to metadata
  • Configure SP to use federatoin maetadata and credentials and refresh
  • Document how SP could authrize users, given the provided attributes
  • Document how your application could use the supplied attributes in alternative ways, such as for customization or form completion

Advanced

Recommended Practices

  • Organizational Presence
    • POP
    • Contacts in Metadata
    • Federated Security Incident Response
  • Technical Basics
    • Metadata consumption (refreshed daily)
    • Scope in Metadata (DNS domain controlled by SP)
    • x.509 certificates in metadata
    • How better attribute management helps federation

User Consent

  • Requested attributes

Research and Scholarship Category

  • What is a category of Service Providers?
  • Candidate services
  • Requirements for R&S Service Providers
  • R&S Category Attributes
  • Policy considerations for IdPs
  • FAQ for IdPs