PingFederate Server

Configuring an OpenToken IdP Adapter instance

Configure an instance of the OpenToken IdP Adapter in PingFederate.

About this task

Configure an OpenToken Identity Provider (IdP) Adapter instance using the administrative console to enable a secure authentication plugin for your custom application.

Steps

  1. Go to Authentication → Integration → IdP Adapters.

  2. On the IdP Adapters window, click Create New Instance to start the Create Adapter Instance configuration.

  3. On the Type tab, configure the basics of this adapter instance:

    1. Enter the Instance Name and Instance ID.

    2. In the Type list, select the adapter type.

    3. Optional: In the Parent Instance list, select an existing type.

      If you are creating an instance that is similar to an existing instance, consider making it a child instance by specifying a parent. A child instance inherits the configuration of its parent unless overridden. You can specify overrides during the rest of the setup.

  4. On the IdP Adapter tab, configure your OpenToken IdP Adapter instance.

    These values depend on your developer’s implementation.

    For more information, see the Description field provided on-window and in the following table.

    PingFederate’s field names and descriptions for creating an OpenToken IdP Adapter instance
    Field Description

    Password

    Confirm Password

    (Required)

    The password to use for generating the encryption key. It is also known as the shared secret.

    Authentication Service

    (Required)

    The URL to which the user is redirected for a single sign-on (SSO) event. This URL is part of an external application, which performs user authentication.

    Click Show Advanced Fields in the Instance Configuration tab to review the following settings. Modify as needed.

    Transport Mode

    How the token is transported to and from the application, either through a query parameter, a cookie (default), or as a form POST.

    Token Name

    (Required)

    The name of the cookie or query parameter that contains the token. This name must be unique for each adapter instance. Override the default value opentoken as needed.

    Cipher Suite

    The algorithm, cipher mode, and key size that should be used for encrypting the token. The default selected value is AES-128/CBC.

    Logout Service

    The URL to which the user is redirected for a single-logout event. This URL is part of an external application, which terminates the user session.

    Cookie Domain

    The server domain; for example, example.com. If no domain is specified, the value is obtained from the request.

    Cookie Path

    The path for the cookie that contains the token.

    Token Lifetime

    (Required)

    The duration in seconds for which the token is valid. Valid range is 1 to 28800. The default value is 300 (5 minutes).

    Session Lifetime

    (Required)

    The duration in seconds for which the token may be re-issued without authentication. Valid range is 1 to 259200. The default value is 43200 (12 hours).

    Not Before Tolerance

    (Required)

    The amount of time in seconds to allow for clock skew between servers. Valid range is 0 to 3600. The default value is 0.

    Force SunJCE Provider

    If selected, the SunJCE provider is forced for encryption and decryption.

    Use Verbose Error Messages

    If selected, use verbose TokenException messages.

    Obfuscate Password

    If selected, the default, the password is obfuscated and password-strength validation is applied. Clearing the check box allows backward compatibility with previous OpenToken agents.

    Session Cookie

    If selected, OpenToken is set as a session cookie, rather than a persistent cookie. Applies only if the Transport Mode field is set as Cookie. The check box is not selected by default.

    Secure Cookie

    If selected, the OpenToken cookie is set only if the request is on a secure channel (https). Applies only if the Transport Mode field is set to Cookie. The check box is not selected by default.

    Delete Cookie

    If selected, the token cookie is deleted immediately after consumption. Applies only if the Transport Mode field is set to Cookie. The check box is not selected by default.

    Replay Prevention

    Selecting this option is recommended only if Query Parameter is the chosen token transport mode and form POST is used by an associated connection to send the SAML assertion. If selected, PingFederate ensures that the token can be used only once. By default, the check box is not selected.

    Selecting this option might affect resource utilization and performance.

    Skip Malformed Attribute Detection

    If not selected, the default, it prevents insecure content from affecting the security of your application and the agent. Update your applications with the latest version of the agent. We recommend not to change the value of this flag.

  5. On the Actions tab, click Download under Action Invocation Link, and then click Export to save the properties file.

    The values in the resulting file, agent-config.txt, represent the console configuration and are used by the Identity Provider (IdP) application. See the documentation of your respective integration kit for more information.

  6. On the Extended Contract tab, configure additional attributes for this adapter instance as needed.

    The OpenToken IdP Adapter contract includes one core attribute: subject.

    The OpenToken IdP Adapter always extends the core contract with an attribute userId as well and fulfills it with the value of subject for backward compatibility reason.

  7. On the Adapter Attributes tab, do the following:

    1. Optional From the Unique User Key Attribute list, select an attribute to uniquely identify users signing on with this adapter.

      The attribute’s value is used to identify user sessions across all adapters. None is selected by default.

      If you choose a custom user key attribute, PingFederate uses the value of the attribute after the Adapter Contract Mapping (if any) has been evaluated. If you choose a custom user key attribute that is based on the username, configure the adapter’s password credential validator (PCV) to trim spaces.

      For the HTML Form Adapter, If you enabled the Revoke Sessions after Password Change or Reset option on the IdP Adapter tab, you cannot select None as the unique user key attribute. Doing so results in an error message.

    2. Select the check box under Pseudonym for the user identifier of the adapter and optionally for the other attributes, if available.

      This selection is used if any of your service provider (SP) partners use pseudonyms for account linking.

      A selection is required whether or not you use pseudonyms for account linking. This allows account linking to be used later without having to delete and reconfigure the adapter. Ensure that you choose at least one attribute that is unique for each user, such as a user’s email, to prevent assigning the same pseudonym to multiple users.

    3. Select the check box under Mask Log Values for any attributes whose values you want PingFederate to mask in its logs at runtime.

      Masking is not applied to the unique user key attribute in the logs even though the attribute used for the key is marked as Mask Log Values.

    4. Select the Mask all OGNL-expression generated log values check box if OGNL expressions might be used to map derived values into outgoing assertions and you want those values masked.

  8. Optional: On the Adapter Contract Mapping tab, configure the adapter contract for this instance with the following optional workflows:

    • Configure one or more data sources for datastore queries.

    • Fulfill adapter contract with values from the adapter, the default, datastore queries, if configured, context of the request, text, or expressions, if enabled.

    • Set up the Token Authorization framework to validate one or more criteria prior to the issuance of the adapter contract.

  9. On the Summary tab, review your configuration and modify as needed. Click Save.

  10. When finished in the IdP Adapters window, click Save to confirm the adapter instance configuration.

    If you want to exit without saving the configuration, click Cancel.