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1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols

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The Web Browser Federated Sign-On Protocol and the extensions specified in this document use standard web protocols, XML (as specified in [XML]), WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile (as specified in [WSFederation1.2] section 13), and SAML 1.1 (as specified in [SAMLCore]). The reader has to be familiar with the specifications listed in [MS-MWBF] section 1.4.

A relying party uses the Query String Response Transfer Protocol instead of the wsignin1.0 messages from Web Browser Federated Sign-On Protocol to avoid the use of HTTP POST messages.

The SAML 1.1 Assertion Extension provides a facility for including security identifiers in SAML assertions. In order to understand the Windows behavior relating to this extension, the reader has to be familiar with the Active Directory Technical Specification [MS-ADTS], security concepts in [MS-WPO] section 9, and security identifiers [SIDD].

The Web Browser Federated Sign-On Protocol and the extensions specified in this document can be applicable where other web-based authentication protocols are used. For more information, see [MS-MWBF] section 1.4.