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</font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I did read those two docs when I started with SAML. Maybe I
am still missing to understand some piece and put it all together. That is why
your help is so important.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></font></font><BR><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">User logs in to my App (App1) and is authenticated by some
mechanism. Till this point we don’t care what mechanism is used. <o:p></o:p></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Let me focus on the part when user clicks the link to a web
application (App2) that is protected by saml: When this happens App1 will
somehow map the logged in user and get the credentials for App2 (which is
different from the login credentials used for App1). Now App1 will send the
credentials for App2 to the Shibboleth IDP. (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This is what I need to implement</b>). I want the IDP to create a SAML assertion
and send it to the SP.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">So my question is: what classes/package do I need to use
from the Shibboleth IDP to send the credentials and attributes to the IDP? Is
this more of a developer community question because I will be developing a
layer over the Shibboleth IDP to send these credentials?<o:p></o:p></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Thanks for your help. Your guidance will help me understand
SAML and Shibboleth IDP better.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><br> <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: paul.hethmon@clareitysecurity.com<br>To: users@shibboleth.net<br>Subject: Re: IDP initiated SSO<br>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 00:35:17 +0000<br><br>
<div>Susan,</div>
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<div>I'd recommend some reading material to help you understand better what SAML does as an SSO protocol:</div>
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OASIS SAML Committee: <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="ecxexternal-link" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security</a></p>
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Executive Overview: <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="ecxexternal-link" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/13525/sstc-saml-exec-overview-2.0-cd-01-2col.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/13525/sstc-saml-exec-overview-2.0-cd-01-2col.pdf</a></p>
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Technical Overview: <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="ecxexternal-link" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/27819/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0-cd-02.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/27819/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0-cd-02.pdf</a></p>
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<div>Definitely read the executive overview, it's only about 8 pages.</div>
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<div>thanks,</div>
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<div>Paul</div>
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