Tag Archives: STS
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My first glimpse at OAuth 2.0.
So what is this OAuth? This is what wikipedia says: OAuth is an open standard for authorization, commonly used as a way for Internet users to authorize websites or applications to access their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords.[1] This mechanism is used by companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and… Read More »
Create your own Identity Provider (IP-STS)
In the following example i will show how to build an Identity Provider also called a passive security token service (IP-STS) that issues tokens using WS-Federation. This post builds on work done in a previous post, Create your own active STS. In this article I will show how to create a complete working example of an… Read More »
Identity provider & protocol terms & definitions.
Integrate Ws-Federation into Asp.Net
A passive STS (IP-STS) is a website that issues a token and uses the browser to direct the flow of the application through redirects. The following example will be integrating a website with a passive STS that issues tokens using the WS-Federation standard. Click here if you wish to see how to create your own passive STS.
WIF Tracing \ Troubleshooting
I was having some issues today with a WS Federation implementation using a passive STS. I was logging onto the STS but when the browser redirected back to the client after a login, the client rejected the token and redirected me back to the STS again. There was no error message and after searching online… Read More »
Creating your own Active STS
The following example uses an active security token service (A-STS) that issues tokens using the WS-Trust standard. The type of STS discussed in this post is called a Active STS OR A-STS, it refers to the client that is actively in control of its own authenticated state. This client will typically have its own login window build into the… Read More »