A Guide to OpenSAML V3

The book is now available here https://payhip.com/b/41Tw

A Guide to OpenSAML is a short book that introduces SAML, the SAML Web Browser Profile and the use of OpenSAML.

• Sample project updated for V3
• Updated code and explanatory text
• New chapters on message handlers and message contexts
• A rudimentary migration guide from V2 to V3
• A chapter summarising the changes since the last edition

The book has three parts, the first of which introduces SAML, SAML Web Browser Profile and OpenSAML. The next part goes deeper into explaining the Web Browser Profile more in detail and shows how to implement it using OpenSAML. The last part explains how to use some of the security functions in OpenSAML, like signatures and encryption.

The SAML Web Browser Profile is flexible and can be used in many different ways. The book shows the SAML Web Browser Profile with the following configurations:

• SP initiated Single Sign-On
• Authentication request using HTTP Redirect Binding
• Assertion transported using HTTP Artifact Binding
• SAML Artifact transported using HTTP Redirect Binding
• Artifact resolution using SOAP Binding

The book explains the interaction from the Service Provider’s point of view.