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General information

In the figure below, we provide an overview about the interaction between the different services of the e-health platform involved in the IAM. It is noteworthy that the presented architecture is dedicated to the WebSSO solution. 

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Basic flow

FlowSpecification


Use case ID

ATH-UC-06-BF

Use case name

Authentication using itsme

Actors

  • Citizen

  • Healthcare giver
  • Representative of an institution

Short Description

This use case denotes the authentication of a user via itsme


1 (High)

Must have: The system must implement this goal/ assumption to be accepted.

Pre-Conditions

  • The citizen has not an account

  • The citizen has:

    • a phone number

    • an account in itsme

    • a smartphone with the application itsme

    • a five secure code to confirm the operation on itsme

Post-Conditions

  • The user is authenticated

  • The user has access to the services of the mobile application

Steps (basic flow)

0

The user accesses to the WebSSO application interface to authenticate him/herself

1

The user chooses to connect via itsme 


2The user enters his/her phone number recognized by itsme

3The user connects to the itsme application and confirms the operation

4The user sends his/her credentials

5

The application sends an access request to the SP

6

The SP sends an authentication request to the IDP


7

The IDP checks the identity of the user with the AA 


8

The IDP sends a response message to the SP to inform it that the user is identified


9

The SP returns a response message to the application to enable the authentication


10

The user is authenticated and can use the the services of the mobile application

Exceptions (exception flows)

  • The phone number of the user is not recognized by itsme

  • The creation is aborted (e.g. loss of connection, the session is expired)

Frequency

  • Every time the user needs to authenticate to the mobile application

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