The Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services incorporates a subset of features based on the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) version 2 specifications and, when installed on Sun Java System Access Manager or Sun Java System Federation Manager, allows support for interactions based on those specifications. The documentation originally released with the plug-in includes the following titles:
Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services Release Notes
Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services User’s Guide
Sun Java System SAMLv2 Plug-in for Federation Services Java API Reference
This technical note describes the differences when the Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services is installed as a program on the Linux application environment as opposed to the Solaris operating system for which the above titles were written.