passive-sts

Specifying Required / Optional Claim Types in the Relying Party for a Passive STS

I have an asp.net application (relying party) that uses a passive STS for authentication and retrieval of claim values. The relying party is using the FederatedAuthenticationModule (FAM) to enable a passive redirect to the sts. I found documentation on how to specify required claims when using InformationCards, but have yet to find det...

Windows Identity Foundation: How to get new security token in ASP.net

I'm writing an ASP.net application that uses Windows Identity Foundation. My ASP.net application uses claims-based authentication with passive redirection to a security token service. This means that when a user accesses the application, they are automatically redirected to the Security Token Service where they receive a security token...

Passive STS to allow single sign-on for Silverlight app and a Classic ASP web site.

Currently I am working on a LOB Silverlight application. Eventually, I need to implement a single sign-on for the new app and an old Classic ASP web app. Right now, the Silverlight App is secured using Forms Authentication through a custom Membership Provider. Reading online, I've come to think that Passive Federated Security is what I ...

Why does web client require Passive STS when using WIF

I have a web application and would want it to be secured using a Custom STS using Windows Identity foundation 3.5. All examples have a passive STS in scene. Why is this needed? and What happens if you call the Active STS 9Custom written using WIF) directly? ...

IIS 7.5 What am I doing wrong?

In IIS 7.5 under Windows 7 Utilmate, I have an application which is configured for authentication as follows: Anonymous & Windows In the ASP.NET Website, I have turned Forms authentication and identity impersonate = true I also deny any anonymous users. <authentication mode="Forms"> </authentication> <identity impersonate="true"/> <aut...

How can I make a security token automatically expire in a passive STS setup?

I have a passive STS set up for a new application I'm working on. I've noticed that when a user's session expires, the user is still authenticated. I would have thought that when the session expires, the user would no longer be authenticated. My boss discussed this with me as I am currently charged with setting up the authentication. ...

Sliding Expiration in ASP.NET web app using claims from STS

Two questions: 1) How/where do I set the lifetime of the session cookie in my web application when using an STS to get claims? From what I can tell, it seems I can only do this programmatically in the ServiceConfigurationCreated event. 2) How/where can I make sure that the expiration is sliding? ...

Windows Identity Foundation Security Token Service setting cookie timeouts

I want to configure the timeout duration that is applied to the cookies that are created on relying party after a user logs in through the passive Security Token Service (STS). I believe I read somewhere this is defaulted to 14 minutes however I can't find where I read this any longer. I would like to up this to a more reasonable 35 mi...