<issuer>

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Specifies the Security Token Service (STS) that issues security tokens.

Schema Hierarchy

<system.serviceModel>
  <bindings>
    <wsFederationHttpBinding>
      <binding>
        <security> of <wsFederationHttpBinding>
          <message> element of <wsFederationHttpBinding>
            <issuer>

Syntax

<issuer address="Uri" >
   <headers>
      <add name="String"
                 namespace="String" />
   </headers>
   <identity>
           <certificate encodedValue="String"/>
      <certificateReference findValue="String" 
         isChainIncluded="Boolean"
         storeName="AddressBook/AuthRoot/CertificateAuthority/Disallowed/My/Root/TrustedPeople/TrustedPublisher"
         storeLocation="LocalMachine/CurrentUser"
                  x509FindType=System.Security.Cryptography.X509certificates.X509findtype/>
      <dns value="String"/>
      <rsa value="String"/>
      <servicePrincipalName value="String"/>
      <usePrincipalName value="String"/>
   </identity>
</issuer>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements

Attributes

Attribute Description

address

Required string. The URL of the STS.

Child Elements

Element Description

<headers> element

A collection of address headers for the endpoints that the builder can create.

<identity>

When using an issued token, specifies settings that enable the client to authenticate the server.

Parent Elements

Element Description

<message> element of <wsFederationHttpBinding>

Defines the settings for the message-level security for the <wsFederationHttpBinding> element.

See Also

Reference

FederatedMessageSecurityOverHttp
Issuer
IssuedTokenParametersEndpointAddressElement

Other Resources

Specifying Service Identity
Federation and SAML
Specifying Service Identity
Federation and SAML
Security Capabilities with Custom Bindings
Federation and Issued Tokens


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Last Published: 2010-01-05