Category Archives: IdentityModel

IDFX to Zermatt to Geneva … to … WIF RTM!

It’s been a long way…. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd440951.aspx I love it!

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StarterRP v0.95 (for WIF RC)

Updated StarterRP to go with the 0.95 release of the StarterSTS. Changes include: added more SOAP endpoints to the WCF RP message, mixed mode, simple (for Silverlight clients) added a Silverlight client that can retrieve tokens and send them to … Continue reading

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StarterSTS v0.95 (for WIF RC)

I uploaded an interim release of the StarterSTS to codeplex. This release is not fully tested – and is mainly available to provide compatibility with WIF RC. There are some new features – and I hope I have not introduced … Continue reading

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel updated for WIF RC

download here.

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Using Silverlight to Access WIF secured WCF Services

This topic comes up quite often recently – so I hope the title is search engine friendly. Disclaimer: At the time of this writing, the current version of Silverlight is v3 and WIF is in beta 2. Hopefully this will … Continue reading

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StarterSTS, WIF, Identity on Channel9

Dariusz interviewed me for Channel9. You can find the recording here. Have fun ;)

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Claims based Identity & Access Control Guide – Early drafts available

Eugenio just announced that the codeplex site is up now! Have a look at the draft documents – feedback is always welcome!!

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Restful Token Service Endpoints and Silverlight Clients

It turns out that there is no way in Silverlight to send credentials using the standard HTTP Authorize header (see here). WTF?!. You have to use a custom HTTP header to transmit credentials in this case, e.g. X-Authorize (nice?). I … Continue reading

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StarterSTS Version 0.93

I just uploaded a minor update. refactored ScopeOptions to PolicyOptions and added a PolicyScope class CertificateProvider class abstracts physical loading of relying party encryption certificates /users/restIssue.svc is a Restful token issuance endpoint – you can use a simple GET to … Continue reading

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Adding a REST Endpoint to a WIF Token Service

Sometimes it is useful to have a really simple way to acquire a token from a token service – without having to fiddle around with WS-Federation or WS-Trust. Issuing a simple GET request against a token issuance endpoint seems to … Continue reading

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