Questions tagged [federated-identity]

The concept of linking a single individual's digital identity across multiple (and usually disparate) IT systems. Federated identity is the larger concept encompassing narrow implementations such as Single-sign on (SSO).

The concept of linking a single individual's digital identity across multiple (and usually disparate) IT systems. Federated identity is the larger concept encompassing narrow implementations such as Single-sign on (SSO).

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What is the purpose of nameidentifier claim?

What the claim of type http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier should be used for? This is the main question, and here are additional ones. How does it differ from…
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Difference between IAM role and IAM user in AWS

What is the difference between an IAM role and an IAM user? The IAM FAQ has an entry explaining it, but it was vague and not very clear: An IAM user has permanent long-term credentials and is used to directly interact with AWS services. An IAM role…
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Error - A SignInResponse message may only redirect within the current web application - MVC 2.0 application

I have a situation where we have a MVC 2 application(I tried this with a basic MVC 2 app without any extra stuff, still same problem) and am using adfs 2 for authenticating my users. So.. Now I get into my application and I get the below.. ID3206: A…
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Federated Authentication and "Error occurred during a cryptographic operation"

I got this exception when I try get my home page on ASP.NET MVC application. [CryptographicException: Error occurred during a cryptographic operation.] System.Web.Security.Cryptography.HomogenizingCryptoServiceWrapper.HomogenizeErrors(Func`2 …
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Federated authentication and Delegated authentication in salesforce

Anybody know the difference between Federated authentication and Delegated authentication in salesforce? Can you explain the flow of request in these two methods?
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Can AWS CLI be used with a federated login?

I login to AWS with my Active Directory account in my company. We are using federated login, as described here: Federated Users and Roles Federated users don't have permanent identities in your AWS account the way that IAM users do. To assign…
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How to access user's email address in Cognito Federated Identities?

I'm trying to set up a basic website (serverless on AWS) that would allow visitors to login with Google and/or Facebook. Currently I'm planning to use S3, Cognito with Federated Identities, API Gateway, Lambda (NodeJS), with DynamoDB. The client…
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Best approach for SSO for Asp.Net application with Login from external application with multiple ADFS

I have an already built Asp.Net application which is using Asp.Net membership provider. There is a client web application which has its own login. Once logged in, the user gets some links. These links are directed to the application I have…
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How to authenticate to Office 365 portal via C#

I have an Exchange tenant with Microsoft (company.onmicrosoft.com), an admin account (admin@company.onmicrosoft.com), and the admin page through which I manage my (settings). Recently, there is a project I took on to automatically parse some web…
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AWS Cognito Federated Identities for multiple social providers: better to merge identities or keep them separate?

Multiple AWS Cognito Federated Identities (e.g. Facebook and Google logins for the same email) can be merged into a single identity by passing both logins in the Cognito call. But knowing that I can merge identities doesn't answer whether I should…
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AWS Amplify: How to map social providers attributes for an email based authentication?

I have a React web application built with AWS Amplify I have added authentication with Cognito user pools, I am not using usernames, I have selected the login using email/phone only, I don't want usernames, but Cognito creates a random username…
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Cognito User Pools - Is it possible to create a custom sign up/in form for Facebook login?

I would like to use a Cognito User Pool for Facebook logins only, which may be possible using the built in login form, but I need to use my own. Theoretically, when it comes to a custom form, it shouldn't be hard: after I receive a user object from…
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Cognito: Federated Identity Id and User Attributes

Story: I have a Cognito User Pool with Users. This User Pool is an authentication provider in a Federated Identity Pool. I have an S3 bucket where users are limited to uploading to a private path via a policy on the Auth Role as follows: …
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dotNetOpenAuth Samples issue getting the right security context

I'm going through the dotNetOpenAuth Samples (OpenIdRelyingPartyMVC and OpenIdProviderMvc) and come up to a question for better understanding... In the MembersArea of the Relying Party App I use the OpenID "http://localhost:4864/user/bob3" for…
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Are there any well known thinktecture's identity server alternatives?

anyone knows any other identity servers besides thinktecture's identity server? I need to evaluate a few but I can't find anymore?
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