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The Circulation Manager occupies the Service Provider (SP) role in the SAML Protocol and authenticates a patron against an Identity Provider (IdP).
Identity Providers (IdP) may use a number of services such as Shibboleth, CAS and EZ Proxy to protect resources. The following workflows describe the communications between the respective systems and the Circulation Manager (SP)
Wokflows
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SAML
SAML-based authentication workflow for patrons is depicted on the picture below:
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Image II. SAML Authentication Workflow in Circulation Manager
(content provider uses a SAML proxy or EZProxy with turned on SAML authentication)
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SAML with CAS and EZ Proxy
An alternate configuration may include a Authentication delegated to another application such as a CAS Server.
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