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Identity Server Features

  • Entitlement Engine with XACML 2.0 support
  • Claim-based Security Token Service with SAML 1.1/SAML 2.0 support
  • Information cards support for SAML 1.1/2.0
  • OpenID Provider
  • Extension points for SAML assertion handling
  • XMPP based multi-factor authentication
  • Improved User Management
  • Claim Management
  • User Profiles and Profile Management
  • XKMS
  • Separable front-end and back-end (a single front-end server can be used to administer several back-end servers)
  • Information Cards provider supporting Managed Information Cards backed by user name/password and self-issued cards
  • Multi-factor authentication with Information Cards

Open Source Components of WSO2 Identity Server

  • WSO2 Carbon
  • Apache Axis2 (SOAP)
  • Apache Axiom (High performance XML Object Model)
  • Apache Rampart/Apache WSS4J (WS-Security, WS-SecureConversation)
  • Apache Rahas(WS-Trust)
  • WS-Addressing implementation in Axis2
  • Apache Neethi (WS-Policy)
  • WS-SecurityPolicy implementation in Axis2
  • Apache XML Schema
  • OpenID4Java
  • SunXACML
  • OpenSAML2
  • Apache Directory Server