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Sharing User Credentials Between SAML IDP and SP Policies in F5 APM

  Use Case In an F5 Access Policy Manager (APM) deployment with one Identity Provider (IDP) and multiple Service Providers (SPs), it’s often necessary for an SP policy to access user credentials (e...
Published Apr 06, 2025
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Dec 13, 2025

Very clever, I appreciate hearing about the alternative to transporting the password as an attribute.