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As part of the CCC SSO Federation, a proxy service has been deployed through which secure CCC web applications can centralize authentication requests for students and staff across all CCC colleges then contact the appropriate "read IdP", such as the OpenCCC IdP system, to complete the requests.
The IDP Proxy is centralized Proxy to help colleges assert consistent SAML attributes to the various Service Providers within the CCC SSO Federation.
The proxy serves two main functions, the first is to include CCCID as an assertion when the college IdPs are unable to assert the CCCID from their user store. The second is to aid in the discovery process when navigating across service providers in separate domains.Technically speaking, the proxy is designed to help colleges assert consistent SAML attributes to the various Service Providers (SP) within the CCC SSO Federation.
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