Configuring the client for identity assertion: specifying the method
You can configure identity assertion authentication. The purpose of identity assertion is to assert the authenticated identity of the originating client from a web service to a downstream web service.
About this task
This task is used to configure identity assertion authentication. The purpose of identity assertion is to assert the authenticated identity of the originating client from a web service to a downstream web service. Do not attempt to configure identity assertion from a pure client. Identity assertion works only when you configure on the client-side of a web service acting as a client to a downstream web service.
In order for the downstream web service to accept the identity of the originating client (just the user name), you must supply a special trusted BasicAuth credential that the downstream web service trusts and can authenticate successfully. You must specify the user ID of the special BasicAuth credential in a trusted ID evaluator on the downstream web service configuration. See topics about trusted ID evaluators.
Complete the following steps to specify identity assertion as the authentication method:
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What to do next
After you specify identity assertion as the authentication method used by the client, you must specify how to collect the authentication information. See Configuring the client for identity assertion: collecting the authentication method for more information.