SAML is an authentication protocol based on _____________.

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Options

• ALDAP
• BXML
• CHTML
• DYAML

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  90% (37)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is built on XML, using it to encode authentication and authorization data passed between an identity provider and a service provider. Every SAML assertion, request, and response is an XML document, making XML the foundational technology of the protocol.

• A (LDAP) is wrong - LDAP is a directory access protocol used to store and look up identity data; SAML may sit on top of systems that use LDAP, but SAML itself is not based on it.
• C (HTML) is wrong - HTML is a markup language for web pages, not for structured data exchange between authentication systems.
• D (YAML) is wrong - YAML is a human-readable data serialization format with no role in SAML's design.

Memory tip: The "ML" in SAML stands for Markup Language - just like "ML" in XML and HTML - reminding you that SAML speaks the language of XML.

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