Federation Glossary
Browse 9 federation terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
9 Federation Terms
- Claims-Based Identity
- An identity model where information about a user or entity is expressed as claims in tokens or assertions, and systems make decisions based on those claims. It...
- Federated Identity
- Federated Identity is an identity model where one domain accepts authentication assertions issued by another trusted domain. Security teams use it to enforce...
- Identity Federation
- Identity Federation is the trust relationship and protocol flow that lets multiple organizations share identity assertions. Security teams use it to enforce...
- IDP
- Short for identity provider, the service that authenticates users and issues assertions or tokens to relying applications in federated login systems. An IdP is...
- Matrix (chat)
- An open protocol and ecosystem for decentralized real-time chat, often used as an alternative to centralized communication platforms. In computing culture it...
- Matrix Protocol
- An open standard for decentralized real-time communication used for chat, rooms, and federation across servers.
- PeerTube
- A federated open-source video-hosting platform designed as an alternative to centralized video services.
- SAML
- Security Assertion Markup Language, an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data. It shows up in application security, identity,...
- XMPP
- An open messaging and presence protocol used for chat systems and federated communication networks.
Related Topics
- Identity (3 terms in common)
- Protocols (2 terms in common)
- Messaging (2 terms in common)
- Sso (2 terms in common)
- Iam (2 terms in common)
- Authentication (1 terms in common)
- Platforms (1 terms in common)
- Chat (1 terms in common)
- Video (1 terms in common)
- Identity Provider (1 terms in common)
- Authorization (1 terms in common)
- Open Protocols (1 terms in common)