SAML: A Fractal of Bad Design
SAML, the XML-based authentication protocol that birthed the SSO industry, is fundamentally flawed due to XML complexity, canonicalization issues, enveloped signatures, and design ossification, making it vulnerable to signature wrapping attacks and…
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Published4 h ago (Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:57:17 GMT)
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