On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Alex (Google) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> The Google Apps implementation of SAML doesn't allow for direct
> communcation between SP and IdP.  It uses HTTP bindings, i.e. it
> relies on the browser to be the conduit of messages between SP and
> IdP.  SAML is used very limitedly, only for sign in.  There isn't even
> a sign out service.
>

A 'Signout URL' for redirects would go a long way towards addressing this
limitation, at least for explicit signouts rather than timeouts.

>
> One workaround is to launch Google Apps in a new window or tab, and
> have a keep-alive web application which signs the user out (e.g.
> forwards to a Google Apps sign out URL) if the IdP invalidates the
> user.  It's not foolproof since the user could simply close the keep-
> alive page.


Don't be tempted to frame the pages though - there have been technical
problems with this and it's against the rules as well apparently.

Sam


>
> On Mar 25, 7:35 am, swtet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When using SAML SSO, is there something that I can put in the response
> > that will cause Google to validate the users identity again at a
> > certain time?  As the identity provider, I keep track of inactivity so
> > I would like the Google apps to check back on occassion to make sure
> > the user is still valid.  Since I am fairly new to SAML, does this
> > type of thing make sense to do or is there another way to accomplish
> > this?  If this is not the SAML way, any explanation about that would
> > be helpful as well.
> >
>

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