Federation

Question 1

What is Federation?

Answer 1

refers to a process that allows for the linking of electronic identities and attributes to store that information across multiple distinct identity management systems

Question 2

What is Login Intiation?

Answer 2

1st step of Federation

user accesses a service or application and chooses to log in.

Question 3

What is Redirection to an identity provider?

Answer 3

2nd step of Federation

The service provider redirects the user to the Identity provider (IdP) for authentication

Question 4

Authenticating the user

Answer 4

3rd step of Federation

After a user submits credentials to the IdP, it validates the users identity

Question 5

Generation Of Assertion

Answer 5

4th step of Federation

The IdP creates an assertion that includes information about the users identity

Question 5

Returning to the service provider

Answer 5

5th step of Federation

The user is redirected back to the service provider with the authentication assertion from the IdP

Question 6

Verification and Access

Answer 6

6th step of Federation

the service provider will verify the assertion to ensure that it’s from a trusted identity provider and then the service provider will grant the user access based off the information and the assertion.