King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals · Authentication Profile

Kfupm Authentication

Authentication

Authentication posture across KFUPM's surfaces. The previous version of this file described an api-key scheme derived from the Elsevier Pure Web Services OpenAPI; that contract is Elsevier's and has been removed from this repo, so this file was rebuilt from KFUPM's own identity provider.

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals secures its APIs with openIdConnect, oauth2, saml2, apiKey, and none across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: openIdConnect, oauth2, saml2, apiKey, none Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

kfupm-oidc openIdConnect
kfupm-saml2 saml2
eprints-anonymous none
pure-ws-api-key apiKey
· in: header (api-key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-08-30'
method: probed
source: >-
  https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/.well-known/openid-configuration (200),
  https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/discovery/keys (200),
  https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml (200),
  https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/ws/api/ (200) — probed 2026-08-30.
provider: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
providerId: kfupm
description: >-
  Authentication posture across KFUPM's surfaces. The previous version of this file described an
  api-key scheme derived from the Elsevier Pure Web Services OpenAPI; that contract is Elsevier's
  and has been removed from this repo, so this file was rebuilt from KFUPM's own identity provider.
summary:
  types: [openIdConnect, oauth2, saml2, apiKey, none]
  institution_operated: [openIdConnect, oauth2, saml2, none]
  tenant_operated: [apiKey]
schemes:
  - name: kfupm-oidc
    type: openIdConnect
    x-operator: institution
    openIdConnectUrl: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/.well-known/openid-configuration
    issuer: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs
    description: >-
      Institution-operated OpenID Connect provider (Microsoft AD FS). Client registration is not
      self-serve — no public developer portal or client-registration endpoint was found; a
      relying party is onboarded by KFUPM IT.
    endpoints:
      authorization: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/oauth2/authorize/
      token: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/oauth2/token/
      userinfo: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/userinfo
      jwks: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/discovery/keys
      end_session: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/oauth2/logout
      device_authorization: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/oauth2/devicecode
    grant_types:
      - authorization_code
      - refresh_token
      - client_credentials
      - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer
      - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code
      - implicit
      - password
    client_auth_methods:
      - client_secret_post
      - client_secret_basic
      - private_key_jwt
      - windows_client_authentication
    id_token_signing_alg: RS256
    subject_types: [pairwise]
    jwks_keys: 2
    sources:
      - https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/.well-known/openid-configuration
  - name: kfupm-saml2
    type: saml2
    x-operator: institution
    description: >-
      Institution-operated SAML 2.0 identity provider, registered in eduGAIN via MAEEN (SA-MIF)
      as entity 671205 with scope kfupm.edu.sa.
    entity_id: http://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/services/trust
    metadata_url: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml
    sso_endpoint: https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/adfs/ls/
    bindings:
      - urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect
      - urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST
    nameid_formats:
      - urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent
      - urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient
      - urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
    sources:
      - https://sts.kfupm.edu.sa/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml
      - https://technical.edugain.org/api.php?action=list_entities&format=json
  - name: eprints-anonymous
    type: none
    x-operator: institution
    description: >-
      The KFUPM ePrints OAI-PMH, JSON export and JSON search endpoints require no credential.
      Verified anonymous on 2026-08-30.
    sources:
      - https://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
      - https://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/cgi/search/simple?q=petroleum&output=JSON
  - name: pure-ws-api-key
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    parameter: api-key
    x-operator: tenant
    description: >-
      The Elsevier Pure Web Services deployed at pure.kfupm.edu.sa authenticates with a Pure API
      key in an `api-key` header. This is Elsevier's scheme on Elsevier's contract; KFUPM operates
      the tenant, not the interface. Keys are issued from Pure administration, which redirects to
      https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/admin/saml2/authenticate/pure — the tenant is itself fronted by
      KFUPM's SAML IdP.
    sources:
      - https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/ws/api/

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