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SAML: A fractal of bad design

353 points · 190 comments · aray07

  1. ocdtrekkie · · focus · HN ↗
    Eh, if you don't have SAML support, I can find a product that does. Not a problem. \o/

    (Or to be more clear, it is mostly unacceptable for an enterprise product to have opinionated decisions about what authentication it works with. You either work with what we use or you are not viable as a product for our need. It's kinda simple. I would expect someone whose authentication was OIDC-based to be similarly dismissive if you told them you only would do SAML.)

    1. bvrmn · · focus · HN ↗
      Oh boy. There were (and are) hordes of enterprises requiring us to support SAML and were quite amazed to know Entra and all big auth providers perfectly support OIDC.
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