The last post

… before holiday!! This is the last post because I need to rest. I need to do something else. I need to read. I need to study. I need to be ready in September because there will be lots of things to do. The end of the year will be amazing. I’m sure! I’ll keep working with security appliances such as web application firewall, network firewall and VPN devices. I’ll keep working with DDI devices as well as I’ll keep working with load balancer appliances. Routers, switches and wireless devices will also be in my daily tasks. What's more, I will be the teacher of a mobile security training.

Cependant, je dois étudier cet été parce que je n’ai pas réussi mon examen de francais en juin. Je dois écrire plus souvent et je dois aussi parler en francais. Je parlerai peut-être seul en francais. Je parlerai devant mon ordinateur. Je m’enregistrerai et je m’écouterai. Vous savez que j’aime écrire mais cet été je n’écrirai pas sur la technologie mais j’écrirai sur l’économie, la famille et ce type de choses que les profs veulent lire. Donc, j’espère te dire après l’été que j’ai finalement reussi mon examen.

À bientôt.

F5 BIG-IP APM – SP Initiated for Office 365

I wrote about IdP Initiated for Office 365 last week. However, there are some people they don’t know yet what is the difference between IdP Initiated and SP Initiated. When we configure an IdP Initiated architecture, firstly users access to the IdP for authentication, secondly, SAML IdP validates credentials and collects data from directory. Finally, after selecting a SAML Resource, SAML IdP redirects user back to the SAML SP with a SAML assertion.

IdP initiated SAML

On the other hand, SP Initiated is a little bit different. Firstly, users access to the SAML SP. Secondly, SAML SP redirects users to SAML IdP where users authenticate. Thirdly, SAML IdP validates credentials and collects data from directory. Finally, SAML IdP redirects user back to SAML SP with SAML assertion. As you can see, the main difference is users access first to the SP instead of the IdP.

SP initiated SAML

We can watch in the next video how to configure SP Initiated for Office 365 with the guided configuration of F5 APM.

Thank you! See you soon!