---
title: Configuring protocol settings
description: The Protocol Settings tab provides the launching point for configuring partner endpoints, message customizations, and other protocol-specific settings for browser-based single sign-on (SSO) connections.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.1
page_id: pingfederate:administrators_reference_guide:help_spbrowserssotasklet_spprotocolsettingsstate
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.1/administrators_reference_guide/help_spbrowserssotasklet_spprotocolsettingsstate.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: July 5, 2022
section_ids:
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Configuring protocol settings

The **Protocol Settings** tab provides the launching point for configuring partner endpoints, message customizations, and other protocol-specific settings for browser-based single sign-on (SSO) connections.

## Before you begin

For initial steps to configure a service provider (SP) connection, see [Accessing SP connections](help_spconnectionstasklet_connmgmtstate.html).

For initial steps to configure Browser SSO, see [Configure IdP Browser SSO](help_spconnectionconfigtasklet_spbrowserssostate.html).

## About this task

* SAML 2.0

  * Outbound SSO bindings (POST, artifact) and the corresponding assertion consumer service (ACS) URLs

  * Outbound SLO bindings (POST, redirect, artifact, SOAP) and the corresponding protocol endpoints

  * Inbound bindings (POST, redirect, artifact, SOAP)

  * Artifact lifetime

  * Signature policy

  * Encryption policy

* SAML 1.x

  * Outbound SSO bindings (POST, artifact) and the corresponding assertion consumer service (ACS) URLs

  * Default target URL

  * Artifact lifetime

  * Signature policy

* WS-Federation

  * Protocol endpoint

  * Default target URL

## Steps

1. Before configuring Browser SSO protocol settings, you must first configure assertion configuration. For more information, see [Configuring SSO token creation](help_spbrowserssotasklet_assertioncreationstate.html)

2. In the **Protocol Settings** tab, click **Configure Protocol Settings** to begin.