ProSale Identity Provider (IdP)

With ProSale Identity Provider (IdP) users identity can be checked when this is done with user id and password, one-time-password in Text Message (SMS) or in E-mail, or with a unique link (URL). ProSale IdP is used by ProSale Signing together with other IdP:s.

ProSale IdP provides Single Sign-On access to applications located across organizations boundaries.

Technical

ProSale IdP is developed according to SAML 2.0 (Security Assertion Markup Language) which is an XML-based open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains, that is, between an identity provider (a producer of assertions) and a service provider (a consumer of assertions). SAML is built on existing standards:

1. XML Extensible Markup Language - SAML uses a standardized dialect of XML.
2. XML Schema - SAML assertions and protocols are specified using XML Schema.
3. XML Signature - SAML use digital signatures (based on the XML Signature standard) for authentication and message integrity.
4. XML Encryption - SAML 2.0 provides elements for encrypted name identifiers, encrypted attributes, and encrypted assertions.
5. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - SAML relies heavily on HTTP as its communications protocol.
6. SOAP - SAML specifies the use of SOAP, specifically SOAP 1.1.