HTTP redirect enables SAML protocol messages to be transmitted within URL parameters. … It enables SAML requestors and responders to communicate by using an HTTP user agent as an intermediary.

How does SSO redirect work?

Whenever users go to a domain that requires authentication, they are redirected to the authentication domain. As users are already logged-in at that domain, they can be immediately redirected to the original domain with the necessary authentication token.

How does SAML signature work?

A SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) authentication assertion is issued as proof of an authentication event. It then inserts the assertion, together with its signature, into the message for consumption by a downstream Web Service. …