In a typical SSL setup involving a trusted party and trusting party, what consideration should an Architect take into account when using digital certificates?
Correct Answer:
D
D is correct because using a self-signed certificate leads to higher maintenance for the trusting party, which is the client or browser that connects to the server. The trusting party needs to add the self-signed certificate to their truststore, which is a repository of trusted certificates, in order to establish a secure connection with the server. Otherwise, the trusting party will see a warning message or an error when accessing the server.
A is incorrect because using a self-signed certificate leads to higher maintenance for the trusted party, not lower. The trusted party needs to maintain multiple self-signed certificates from different servers in their truststore.
B is incorrect because using a self-signed certificate does not make the trusted party act as the trusted CA (Certificate Authority). The trusted CA is the entity that issues and validates certificates for servers. The trusted party only needs to trust the CA’s root certificate, which is usually pre-installed in their truststore.
C is incorrect because using a self-signed certificate leads to higher maintenance for the trusting party, not lower. The trusting party still needs to maintain a trusted CA cert in their truststore, which is the self-signed certificate itself.
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Northern Trail Outfitters would like to use a portal built on Salesforce Experience Cloud for customer self-service. Guests of the portal be able to self-register, but be unable to automatically be assigned to a contact record until verified. External Identity licenses have been purchased for the project.
After registered guests complete an onboarding process, a flow will create the appropriate account and contact records for the user.
Which three steps should an identity architect follow to implement the outlined requirements? Choose 3 answers
Correct Answer:
ABE
Enabling “Allow customers and partners to self-register” allows guests to create their own user accounts in the portal. Selecting the “Configurable Self-Reg Page” option allows the administrator to customize the
self-registration page to capture the required fields. Customizing the self-registration Apex handler to create
only the user record prevents the automatic creation of a contact record until verification. References: Enable Self-Registration, Customize Self-Registration
Universal Containers (UC) is setting up delegated authentication to allow employees to log in using their corporate credentials. UC's security team is concerned about the risks of exposing the corporate login service on the internet and has asked that a reliable trust mechanism be put in place between the login service and Salesforce.
What mechanism should an Architect put in place to enable a trusted connection between the login service and Salesforce?
Correct Answer:
B
To enable a trusted connection between the login service and Salesforce, an architect should enforce mutual authentication between systems using SSL. Mutual authentication, also known as two-way SSL or client certificate authentication, is a process in which both parties in a communication exchange certificates to verify their identities7. This mechanism ensures that only authorized systems can access each other’s resources and prevents unauthorized access or spoofing attacks8. To use mutual authentication with delegated authentication you need to do the following steps9:
Generate a self-signed certificate in Salesforce and download it. Import the certificate into your login service’s truststore. Configure your login service to require client certificates for incoming requests. Generate a certificate for your login service and export it. Import the certificate into Salesforce’s certificate and key management tool. Enable mutual authentication for your login service’s endpoint URL in Salesforce. References: Mutual Authentication Mutual Authentication Overview Set Up Mutual Authentication
A consumer products company uses Salesforce to maintain consumer information, including orders. The company implemented a portal solution using Salesforce Experience Cloud for its consumers where the consumers can log in using their credentials. The company is considering allowing users to login with their Facebook or Linkedln credentials.
Once enabled, what role will Salesforce play?
Correct Answer:
B
To allow users to login with their Facebook or LinkedIn credentials, Salesforce will play the role of a service provider (SP). A SP is an entity that relies on an identity provider (IdP) to authenticate and authorize users. In this scenario, Facebook and LinkedIn are the IdPs, and Salesforce is the SP. The SP receives a token from the IdP and uses it to access Salesforce resources. The other options are not correct for this scenario. References: Service Provider, Social Sign-On with Authentication Providers
Universal containers (UC) has implemented SAML -based single Sign-on for their salesforce application. UC is using PingFederate as the Identity provider. To access salesforce, Users usually navigate to a bookmarked link to my domain URL. What type of single Sign-on is this?
Correct Answer:
A
The type of single sign-on that UC is using is SP-initiated, which means that the service provider (Salesforce) initiates the SSO process by sending a SAML request to the identity provider (PingFederate) when the user navigates to the My Domain URL3. Therefore, option A is the correct answer. References: SAML SSO with Salesforce as the Service Provider
