Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) SDK Help Overhaul

Artículo
10/20/2010

Overview
- Identity Challenges – SSO, Identity Flow, Fine Grained Authorization (Changed from: Identity Silos)
- The Claims-Based Identity Model
- Solution Concept (Changed from: Basic Scenario)
- Security Token Service
- Relying Party
- Solution Implementation Overview (Changed from: Federation Scenario)
- Fast track (How to use this content)
Getting Started
- Windows Identity Foundation SDK - Download and Installation of runtime and dev tools (External)
- Windows Identity Foundation Download and Installation of runtime only (External)
- Requirements (Changed from Windows Identity Foundation SDK)
- How to: Build an ASP.NET Relying Party Application
- How to: Build a WCF Relying Party Application
Product Features
- What is Windows Identity Foundation?
- Expose claims to ASP.NET applications and WCF services via Integration with IIdentity and IPrincipal
- Visual Studio Templates
- Administrative trust management using FedUtil tool
- Federated Sign In ASP.NET control
- Translate between claims and NT tokens
- Support for Identity Delegation Scenario via ActAs token
- Supports the WS-Trust protocol, Active Profile
- Supports WS-Federation, Passive profile
- Glossary
Architecture
- The Claims-Based Identity Model
- Integration with IIdentity and IPrincipal
- How WIF Processes Requests– (Changed from: Building Relying Party Applications)
- Security Token Service
- Relying Party
- What is an IP-STS and what is a RP-STS?
- WS-Federated Authentication Module Overview
- Session Management
- IssuerNameRegistry
- Claims to Windows Token Service (c2WTS) Overview
- ClaimsAuthenticationManager, ClaimsAuthorizationManager, and OriginalIssuer
- Claims Issuance Pipeline
- Token Handlers
- Built-In Token Handlers
Application Scenarios and Solutions
- Integrating WIF with ASP.NET web applications (Changed from: Building ASP.NET Relying Party Applications)
  - How to: Build an ASP.NET Relying Party Application
  - How To: Establishing Trust from an ASP.NET Relying Party Application to an STS using FedUtil
  - How To: Establishing Trust from an ASP.NET Relying Party Application to an STS using the FederatedPassiveSignIn
  - Sample: Simple Claims Aware Web Application
  - Sample: Claims based Authorization
  - Sample: Using Claims In IsInRole
- Integrating WIF with WCF services (Changed from: Building WCF Relying Party Applications)
  - WCF Application Compatibility
  - WCF: WSTrustChannelFactory and WSTrustChannel
  - WCF: Built-in Bindings Overview
  - How to: Build a WCF Relying Party Application
  - How To: Establishing Trust from a WCF Relying Party Service to an STS using FedUtil
  - Sample: Simple Claims Aware Web Service
  - Sample: Claims based Authorization
  - Sample: Using Claims In IsInRole
- Building Security Token Services (STS) (Changed from: Building an STS)
  - How to: Build Passive Profile (WS-Federation) STS – For ASP.NET (Changed from: How to: Build an ASP.NET STS)
  - How to: Build Active Profile (WS-Trust) STS – For WCF (Changed from: How to: Build a WCF STS)
WIF Anatomy
- Identification (how a client identifies itself)
  - WIF Client
  - ASP.NET: Missing Web Client
  - WCF: WSTrustChannelFactory and WSTrustChannel
  - WCF: Built-in Bindings Overview
- Authentication (how client's credentials validated)
  - Building ASP.NET Relying Party Applications – Explained
  - How to: Build an ASP.NET Relying Party Application – How to
  - Building WCF Relying Party Applications – Explained
  - How to: Build a WCF Relying Party Application – How-to
- Identity flow (how the token flows through the layers/tiers)
  - Session Management
  - Claims to Windows Token Service (c2WTS) Overview
  - Identity Delegation Scenario – How-To
  - Token Handlers - Explained
  - How to Use SAML 2 Tokens
  - Thread Safety When Reserializing Bootstrap Tokens
- Authorization (how relying party - application or service - decides to grant or deny access)
  - Step-Up Authentication Scenario – How-to
  - Implement Authorization in ASP.NET – How-to [Missing]
  - Implement Authorization in WCF – How-to [Missing]
  - Best Practices for ClaimsPrincipal.IsInRole
  - Configure WCF Service Virtual Directories to Allow Anonymous Access
  - Design Considerations: IPrincipal and IClaimsPrincipal
- Monitoring
  - WIF Tracing
- Identity Provider
  - Building an STS – Explained
  - How to: Build an ASP.NET STS – Explained
  - ASP.NET Security Token Service Web Site – how to
  - How to: Build a WCF STS - Explained
  - WCF Security Token Service – how to
- Trust Management
- Configuration
  - Web.Config changes when building Claims-Aware ASP.NET Web Site
  - Web.Config changes when building Claims-Aware WCF Service
  - Web.Config changes when building ASP.NET Security Token Service Web Site
  - Web.Config changes when building WCF Security Token Service
  - Configuration
  - ConfigureServiceHost
  - FederatedPassiveSignIn.AutoSignIn Redirect
  - Security Token Service Issuer Name
  - SessionSecurityToken Expiration Time
  - Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration Sections in ASP.NET Web.Config (External)
  - Token Handler Configuration
Quality Attributes
- Supportability
- Performance and Scalability
  - Sample: Claims Aware Web Application in a Web Farm
- Security
- Flexibility
  - How to: Add a Custom Token Handler
  - How to: Create a Custom Issuer Name Registry
Related Technology
- Microsoft Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0
API Reference
Appendix
- How-to’s index
- Code samples index (Changed from: Windows Identity Foundation SDK)
  - Simple Claims Aware Web Application
  - Simple Claims Aware Web Service
  - Simple Web Application With Information Card SignIn
  - Simple Web Application With Managed STS
  - Claims Aware Web Application in a Web Farm
  - Using Claims In IsInRole
  - Authentication Assurance
  - Federation For Web Services
  - Federation For Web Applications
  - Identity Delegation
  - Web Application With Multiple SignIn Methods
  - Federation Metadata
  - Claims Aware AJAX Application
  - Convert Claims To NT Token
  - Customizing Request Security Token
  - Customizing Token
  - WSTrustChannel
  - Claims based Authorization
  - A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control – Code Samples
- Training
- Forums