Overview of the OpenToken Adapter

The OpenToken Adapter is an open-standard secure token used to pass user information between an application and PingFederate. The OpenToken is passed through the user’s browser as a URL query parameter, HTTP cookie, or form POST.

Data within the OpenToken is a set of key and value pairs. The data is encrypted using common encryption algorithms, as shown in the following illustration:

You can find more details in OpenToken Adapter in the PingFederate documentation.