Overview#

Service Provider (SP) is a provider of services to another entity

May also be referred to as:

• Provider of services
• Protocol Server
• Relying Party as they may often rely on a Provider of services (as in Security Assertion Markup Language)
• OAuth Client as in OAuth 2.0
• Identity Provider (IDP)
• OpenID Connect Provider

In Kerberos, the Service Provider.

In SAML role donned by a system entity where the system entity is a provider of services to principals or other system entities.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• API Economy
• Account Information Service Provider
• Authentication Context Class
• CONIKS
• Centralized Exchange
• Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
• Client-Server Exchange
• Cloud computing
• Consumer Credit Reporting Agency
• Credential Reuse
• DNS Privacy Considerations
• Delegation vs Impersonation
• Extreme Networks
• FIDO Standards
• Glossary Of LDAP And Directory Terminology
• IT Service Management
• Identify and Authenticate access to system components
• Identity Verification Service
• Kerberos Authentication Service
• Kerberos Delegation
• Kerberos Principal
• Key Distribution Center
• Key Transparency
• Lattice Based Access Control
• Merchant
• Padding oracle
• Pass-the-hash
• Payment Initiation Service Provider
• Privacy Enhancing Technologies
• Public Land Mobile Network
• Reputation System
• SAML Protocols
• SAML V2.0
• SCIM Replace Request
• SCIM Schema
• SP
• SSAE 16
• Service Delivery
• Service Ticket
• Single Logout
• Single Sign-On Scenarios
• TGS Exchange
• Third-party Identity Provider
• Trust Model
• Trusted Service Manager
• U-Prove
• Universal Second Factor
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