Federated Trust

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Definition(s):

Trust established within a federation, enabling each of the mutually trusting realms to share and use trust information (e.g., credentials) obtained from any of the other mutually trusting realms.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-95 from Web Services Federation Language (WS-Federation) (Version 1.0, 8 July 2003)

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