• Definition “A Security Token Service (STS) is the plumbing that builds, signs, and issues security tokens using the interoperable protocols…” “The “Zermatt” Framework makes it easy to build your own STS. It’s up to you to figure out how to implement the logic, or rules that drive it (often referred to as security policy).” Active vs... read more
  • Introducing Microsoft code name Zermatt

    Published by on August 11th, 2008 1:37 pm under Identity, Zermatt

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    Zermatt is a set of .NET Framework classes. It is a framework for implementing claims-based identity in your applications. When you build claims-aware applications, the user presents an identity to your application as a set of claims. One claim could be the user’s name, another might be an e-mail address. The idea here is that... read more