Re: [saml-dev] I have created a sample SSO scenario; Am I understanding correctly how SAML is to be used?

On 5/9/06, Costello, Roger L. <> wrote:
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> Case 1: The user's first access is to the Airline's service:
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> QUESTION: How does the car rental service identify to the airline the
> person for which authentication information is requested?

There's nothing that says the SP has to initiate the browser profile. 
Why not simply push an authentication assertion to the assertion
consumer service when the user clicks on the car rental link at the
IdP?

Tom