This document defines a generic browser-based protocol for conveying – to services – hints about the IdPs or SP-IdP-proxies that should be used for authenticating the principal. This protocol, colloquially referred to as Identity Provider (IdP) hinting, can greatly simplify the discovery process for the end-user, by enabling entities to produce and send hints that can be consumed by SP-IdP-proxies for routing the user to the correct upstream SP-IdP-Proxy or authenticating IdP.

This guideline has been superseded by AARC-G061.

Document URL: https://zenodo.org/record/4596667/files/AARC-G061-A_specification_for_IdP_hinting.pdf
Development information:  N/A
Status: Final (10 Mar 2021)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4596667
Errata: none
Updates: AARC-G049