An identity provider (abbreviated IdP or IDP) is a system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to relying applications within a federation or distributed network.[1][2]
Identity providers offer user authentication as a service. Relying party applications, such as web applications, outsource the user authentication step to a trusted identity provider. Such a relying party application is said to be federated, that is, it consumes federated identity.
An identity provider is “a trusted provider that lets you use single sign-on (SSO) to access other websites.”[3] SSO enhances usability by reducing password fatigue. It also provides better security by decreasing the potential attack surface.
Identity providers can facilitate connections between cloud computing resources and users, thus decreasing the need for users to re-authenticate when using mobile and roaming applications.[4]
OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an identity layer on top of OAuth. In the domain model associated with OIDC, an identity provider is a special type of OAuth 2.0 authorization server. Specifically, a system entity called an OpenID Provider issues JSON-formatted identity tokens to OIDC relying parties via a RESTfulHTTPAPI.
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The Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a set of profiles for exchanging authentication and authorization data across security domains. In the SAML domain model, an identity provider is a special type of authentication authority. Specifically, a SAML identity provider is a system entity that issues authentication assertions in conjunction with an SSO profile of SAML. A relying party that consumes these authentication assertions is called a SAML service provider.
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^ Ormuco Inc. (13 November 2018). "Method of and system for managing a federation of cloud computing resources". Google Patents. Retrieved 7 June 2019. As a result of the implementation of the collector module and/or the identity provider, cloud federation usage data indicative of a usage of the federation of cloud computing resources by the user may be generated and connection establishment between the cloud computing resources and the user may be u.
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identity, provider, identity, provider, abbreviated, system, entity, that, creates, maintains, manages, identity, information, principals, also, provides, authentication, services, relying, applications, within, federation, distributed, network, offer, user, a. An identity provider abbreviated IdP or IDP is a system entity that creates maintains and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to relying applications within a federation or distributed network 1 2 Identity providers offer user authentication as a service Relying party applications such as web applications outsource the user authentication step to a trusted identity provider Such a relying party application is said to be federated that is it consumes federated identity An identity provider is a trusted provider that lets you use single sign on SSO to access other websites 3 SSO enhances usability by reducing password fatigue It also provides better security by decreasing the potential attack surface Identity providers can facilitate connections between cloud computing resources and users thus decreasing the need for users to re authenticate when using mobile and roaming applications 4 Contents 1 Types of identity providers 1 1 OpenID provider 1 2 SAML identity provider 2 See also 3 ReferencesTypes of identity providers editOpenID provider edit OpenID Connect OIDC is an identity layer on top of OAuth In the domain model associated with OIDC an identity provider is a special type of OAuth 2 0 authorization server Specifically a system entity called an OpenID Provider issues JSON formatted identity tokens to OIDC relying parties via a RESTful HTTP API SAML identity provider edit The Security Assertion Markup Language SAML is a set of profiles for exchanging authentication and authorization data across security domains In the SAML domain model an identity provider is a special type of authentication authority Specifically a SAML identity provider is a system entity that issues authentication assertions in conjunction with an SSO profile of SAML A relying party that consumes these authentication assertions is called a SAML service provider See also editFederated identity Identity management system Internally displaced person IDP SAML identity providerReferences edit IdP Identity Provider Archived 2019 03 29 at the Wayback Machine mit edu Retrieved 25 July 2016 Glossary for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language SAML V2 0 2005 oasis open org Retrieved 25 July 2016 Identity Providers and Service Providers Archived 2016 10 22 at the Wayback Machine salesforce com Retrieved 25 July 2016 Ormuco Inc 13 November 2018 Method of and system for managing a federation of cloud computing resources Google Patents Retrieved 7 June 2019 As a result of the implementation of the collector module and or the identity provider cloud federation usage data indicative of a usage of the federation of cloud computing resources by the user may be generated and connection establishment between the cloud computing resources and the user may be u Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Identity provider amp oldid 1179653614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
