The <md:AssertionConsumerService> element is used to configure handlers that are responsible for " consuming " SAML assertions; that is, they process an assertion according to a profile, extract its contents, create a new user session, and typically produce a cookie to represent the session.
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An ACS does most of the work of SSO for the SP and is the "receiving" half of the SSO message exchange started by a SessionInitiator. As a multi-protocol system, the SP itself is oblivious to specific SSO protocols; each ACS provides the implementation of a particular protocol.
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