HarshaT.31689 (Customer) asked a question.
I have a proxy that pass the SAML request from a cloud to Okta and returns the SAML response from Okta after authentication back to Cloud.
Was wondering if I can inject the right parameters that would result in Okta doing a step-up authentication in the SAML request sent by the cloud.
Thanks
Harsha
Currently Okta issues the MFA challenge based on an Okta Sign On policy which can be done at the Application level and Org level only. That being said, the MFA challenge is performed only when you are redirected to Okta and then the SAML flow completes. In other words the MFA challenge is occuring at the beginning of the SAML flow and is not injected in the SAML flow itself. The described desired flow is currently not possible in Okta.
Documentation resources:
https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/MFA.htm
https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/MFA_App_Level.htm
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Thanks Cosmin for the response.
I had a follow up question. Using the API's provided by Okta, Is it possible to trigger a MFA on demand?
Let's say I have a proxy through which users authenticated with Okta. When they are doing some action and based on action if I need to trigger a MFA for that user, can I implement that using Okta API.
From what I have read in the documentation, one way to trigger is to setup policies. But I was wondering if there is a API call which would also trigger MFA.
Thanks
Harsha
The MFA flow via API is demonstrated in the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVL3gnt7BYo
Any requirements outside the described flow will be considered a feature enhancement request.
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Currently Okta issues the MFA challenge based on an Okta Sign On policy which can be done at the Application level and Org level only. That being said, the MFA challenge is performed only when you are redirected to Okta and then the SAML flow completes. In other words the MFA challenge is occuring at the beginning of the SAML flow and is not injected in the SAML flow itself. The described desired flow is currently not possible in Okta.
Documentation resources:
https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/MFA.htm
https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/MFA_App_Level.htm
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