From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Cert Prep: 4 Identity and Access Management Design and Implementation
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SAML
- [Instructor] Modern authentication often takes place over the web and the Security Assertion Markup Language, SAML, allows browser-based single sign-on across a variety of systems. There are three actors in a SAML request. First, there is the end user who wants to use a web-based service. In SAML language the end user is known as the principal. Second, there is the organization providing proof of identity. Usually the end user's employer, school, or other account provider. This organization is known as the identity provider. Finally, there is the web-based service that the end user wishes to access. This organization is known as the service provider. Here's how web-based single sign-on works using SAML. First, the end user principal requests access to a resource from the service provider. The service provider checks to see if the user has a logged-in session, and if so, just skips ahead and grants access. Let's follow…
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Authentication factors4m 35s
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Multifactor authentication2m 35s
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Something you have4m 24s
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Password authentication protocols3m 10s
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Single sign-on and federation3m 9s
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RADIUS and TACACS3m 43s
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Kerberos and LDAP5m 18s
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SAML2m 35s
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OAuth and OpenID Connect2m 55s
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Certificate-based authentication5m 25s
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