SAML developer guide | Login.gov (2024)

FAQs

How to fix SAML response error? ›

Login.gov is a FedRAMP moderate approved multifactor authentication and identity proofing platform that makes online interactions with the U.S. government simple, efficient and intuitive.

SAML uses a claims-based authentication workflow. First, when a user tries to access a site, the service provider asks the identity provider to authenticate the user. Then, the service provider uses the SAML assertion issued by the identity provider to grant the user access.

This error means that the Service Provider (SP) wasn't able to decrypt the assertion created by the Identity Provider (IdP), which causes the authentication process to fail. Thus, the certificate configuration might haven't been performed correctly.

Like OIDC, the SAML protocol is not obsolete. Various industries (such as healthcare and education) use it to securely authenticate users by enabling secure exchanges of assertions about a user's identity between an identity provider and a service provider.

Taxpayers as of July 14 are required to sign in or register with either of the IRS' credential service providers, Login.gov or ID.me, to access the FATCA Registration System.

Is Login.gov a federal agency? Login.gov is not a standalone federal agency. We are a program of the General Services Administration (GSA), an agency of the U.S. federal government.

“Login. gov's facial matching capability uses a privacy-preserving approach that compares 'selfies' exclusively with the user's photo ID, and does not use the image for any other purpose,” Davis says.

To view a SAML response in Chrome

Press F12 to start the developer console. Select the Network tab, and then select Preserve log. Reproduce the issue. Look for a login entry in the developer console pane.

How to find SAML response? ›

A SAML Response is a reaction of the IdP to SURFconext with the message that the user has been successfully authenticated (or not). A SAML Assertion is some statements done by IdP or SP: authentication, authorization and attributes.

While both can be used for SSO, they are not interchangeable or mutually exclusive. SAML supports both user authentication and authorization while OAuth is only for authorization. If the business priority is confirming user identity, SAML is the only choice.

Security Assertion Mark-up Language (SAML) is an authentication standard that allows for federated identity management and can support single sign-on (SSO). SSO is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID and password to any independent or federated software systems.

To check if a user is logged or not you should load the simpleSAMLphp library and then use the function isAuthenticated().

Check if idp do not have assertion signed. Ask idp team that response is signed, and the assertion needs to be signed as per saml spec. Check if SAML tracer output if the assertion from IDP is encrypted. If yes, Config of SAML auth handler should use the encryption checkbox.

SAML errors usually occur when there's missing or incorrect information entered during your SAML setup. You can resolve most of these issues from your IDP settings, but for some, you'll need to update your SSO settings in Slack as well.