?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Web+Single+Sign-On+Authentication+using+SAML&rft.creator=Lewis%2C+Kelly+D.&rft.creator=Lewis%2C+James+E.&rft.subject=Language&rft.description=Companies+have+increasingly+turned+to+application+service+providers+(ASPs)+or+Software+as+a+Service+(SaaS)+vendors+to+offer+specialized+web-based+services+that+will+cut+costs+and+provide+specific+and+focused+applications+to+users.+The+complexity+of+designing%2C+installing%2C+configuring%2C+deploying%2C+and+supporting+the+system+with+internal+resources+can+be+eliminated+with+this+type+of+methodology%2C+providing+great+benefit+to+organizations.+However%2C+these+models+can+present+an+authentication+problem+for+corporations+with+a+large+number+of+external+service+providers.+This+paper+describes+the+implementation+of+Security+Assertion+Markup+Language+(SAML)+and+its+capabilities+to+provide+secure+single+sign-on+(SSO)+solutions+for+externally+hosted+applications.&rft.publisher=International+Journal+of+Computer+Science+Issues%2C+IJCSI&rft.date=2009-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6695%2F1%2F2-41-48.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lewis%2C+Kelly+D.+and+Lewis%2C+James+E.++(2009)+Web+Single+Sign-On+Authentication+using+SAML.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6695%2F