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The Windows Identity Foundation is a free Microsoft library that enables claims based authentication and use federated identity/single sign-on in their applications.

Claims not being passed to a Relying Party in ADFS 2.0

OK, so I'm quite new to the whole world of claims aware applications. I was able to get up and …

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How to convert SAML XML token string to either SecurityToken or ClaimsPrincipal instance?

My context: .Net RESTful web service Client (mixed platforms, technologies, lib capabilities) has obtained a SAML token Trying to accept …

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Active and Passive Federation in WIF

I am trying to understand the difference between Active and Passive federation in WIF. It appears that one would use …

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ASP.NET MVC 2 and authentication using WIF (Windows Identity Foundation)

Are there any decent examples of the following available: Looking through the WIF SDK, there are examples of using WIF …

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Using WIF, what is the difference between audienceUris and realm?

We have an ASP.NET application using WIF. Our web.config file has a section like this: <audienceUris> &…

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What's the role of the ClaimsPrincipal, why does it have multiple Identities?

I am trying to understand the security model behind .NET based on claims for the application (Relying Party). I know …

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How to set the timeout properly when federating with the ADFS 2.0

I am using ADFS 2.0 for quite some time and I understand how things work. I've done dozen of custom RPs, …

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Complex Claim Values in .NET Framework with System.Security.Claims

I'm developing a web app with Asp.Net 5 MVC, Owin and Oauth2 bearer token as auth type. Following this guide …

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Create SAML Authentication request using WIF

It seems most of the WIF information out there is useful for enabling federated authentication across entire applications. I'm interested …

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Microsoft.IdentityModel vs System.IdentityModel

I'm working on a claims-based authorization system using Forms Authentication and ASP.NET MVC 2. I see that one namespace "Microsoft.…

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