Prerequisites for This Document

Users of this document should be familiar with the following:

• Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 Technical Overview, Sections 1 Introduction, 3 SAML Architecture and 4.1.1 Concept. See http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/11511/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0-draft-10.pdf.
• Profiles for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0, Section 4.1 Web Browser SSO Profile. See http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-profiles-2.0-os.pdf.
• Bindings for OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) v.2.0, Section 3.5 HTTP POST Binding. See http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-bindings-2.0-os.pdf.
• HTTP 1.1 Protocol Specification. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt