Federation and Issued Tokens
With Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), you can create clients that communicate securely with services that implement the WS-Federation and WS-Trust specifications. The specifications use XML, SOAP, and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to provide mechanisms that enable authentication and authorization across different trust realms.
In This Section
- Federation
Provides an overview of federation.
- Federation and Trust
Lists the design issues to be aware of when creating federated services or clients.
- How to: Create a Federated Client
Describes the basics of creating a federated client with WCF.
- How to: Configure Credentials on a Federation Service
Describes the steps of creating a federated service.
- How to: Create a WSFederationHttpBinding
Describes how to configure clients and services that use the WSFederationHttpBinding.
- How to: Create a Security Token Service
Describes the steps of creating a security token service.
- SAML Tokens and Claims
Describes Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) tokens, which are extensible and enable you to create rich claim types.
- How to: Configure a Local Issuer
Describes how to create a local issuer of security tokens.
- How to: Disable Secure Sessions on a WSFederationHttpBinding
Describes how to disable secure sessions on a WSFederationHttpBinding. Disabling secure sessions is necessary when creating a Web farm that requires a session for each client.
Reference
See Also
Other Resources
Authorization
Custom Tokens
Security Model for Windows Server App Fabric
Build Date: 2011-06-25