Federation Manager Release Notes › New Features in Federation Manager r12.1 › Open Format Cookie for Passing User Identity Information

Open Format Cookie for Passing User Identity Information

Federation Manager now offers the use of an open format cookie to contain user identity information. The open format cookie can be encrypted using FIPS or non-FIPS compatible algorithms, depending on how you generate it. You can create an open format cookie using a Federation Manager SDK or create it manually using any programming language that supports UTF-8 encoding. If you require a FIPS-encrypted open format cookie, you are required to use a Federation Manager SDK.

The open format cookie offers the flexibility to use a language of your choice to generate the cookie, without relying on a Federation Manager SDK.

For more information, see the Federation Manager Guide.