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Federation Security Services
The Federation Security Services interface supports the manipulation of Policy Store data related to Affiliate and Affiliate Domain objects.
Federation Security Services supports SAML 2.0 functionality. With SAML 2.0, security assertions are shared between the following entities within a federation:
- Service Provider. A Service Provider makes applications and other resources available to principals within a federation. A principal is a user or another federation entity.
- Identity Provider. An Identity Provider creates and manages identity information for principals within a SAML 2.0 federation. The Identity Provider packages the information in a SAML assertion and sends it to the Service Provider where the principal is attempting to access resources.
