Authentication Services Change Logs

Below are change logs for IAM services which fall under the Authentication category.

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – v20201130173254

Enable support for the SAMLSAML Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a standard, XML-based language for exchanging authentication and authorization data between identity providers and service providers. This standard is currently used by Enterprise Authentication (as well as hundreds of service providers that integrate with our identity provider).
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Add new login page link to help with temporary password resets
Extend session timeout to 3 hours
Modify metadata cache behavior
Update authenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page.
Edit Entry failure message to direct users to help links

Update authenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page.
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Perform regression testing of the most recent tag (3.4.7_20200702) of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAP) is an identity and access management suite of software.
Edit Entry) Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdPIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The IdP manages the user’s primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials.
At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team.

For more information, see our Concepts page.
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Update Enterprise AuthenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page.
Edit Entry to use tested tag.
Update copy on MFAMFA Authentication makes use of one or more factors of authentication: something you know (e.g., a password), something you have (e.g., your smartphone), or something you are (e.g., a fingerprint). Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) makes use of two or more factors when authenticating you. For more information, see our Concepts page.
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