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Setting a token lifetime

Specify a token’s timeframe of validity before and after issuance.

About this task

Standards require a window of time during which a security token is considered valid. Each token has a time-stamp XML element as well as elements indicating the allowable lifetime of the token, in minutes, before and after the token time stamp.

Steps

  1. Go to Applications → Integration → SP Connections.

  2. In the WS-Trust STS window, click the Token Lifetime tab.

  3. Override the default values for the fields in the following table.

    Table 1. Token timeframe parameters and descriptions
    Field Description

    Minutes Before

    The amount of time before the SAML token was issued during which it is to be considered valid. The default value is 5.

    Minutes After

    The amount of time after the SAML token was issued during which it is to be considered valid. The default value is 30.

  4. Click Next.