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Introduction

A SAML Authentication Request is initiated by the service provider / client to request the identity provider to authenticate a user. This request is typically generated when a user attempts to access a service that requires authentication and their current session is not authenticated. The request informs the identity provider that a user needs verification and prompts the IdP to either initiate a login process or verify the existing authentication state.

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• ProviderID: The unique identifier of the IdP, which has to match the name authentication scheme of the external identity provider in the CoreOne Suite Configuration.

• Name: A human-readable name for the IdP, useful in user interfaces.

• Loc: An optional attribute that provides a location (URL) where the IdP can be reached.

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Consider a scenario where a service provider wants to ensure that authentication requests are handled only by specific IdPs. Here is an example of how a SAML AuthnRequest AuthN Request with scoping might be structured:

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