Before You Read This Book

This Federation and SAML Administration Guide is intended for use by IT professionals, network administrators and software developers who implement an identity framework using Sun Java System servers and the following technologies:

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

• Java

• JavaServer Pages^™ (JSP)

• HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

• HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

• eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

• Web Services Description Language (WSDL)

• Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

• SOAP (SOAP is no longer an acronym for the messaging protocol.)

• Liberty Alliance Project specifications