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What is SAML? Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties.
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SAML is often used for single-sign on (“Sign in with Google”, “Sign in with Twitter” etc.).…

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In this research paper James Kettle introduces multiple new classes of HTTP/2-exclusive attacks, demonstrated on popular websites and servers.

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