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Federated identity
Federated identity
Wiki page: Submitted by carolgeyer on Wed, 2007-12-12 21:58. Last updated on Sun, 2009-11-15 23:32.
Federated identity allows a set of service providers to agree on a way to refer to a single user, even if that user is known to the providers in different guises.