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Eric TiffanyMar 1, 2007 11:01 am 
Scott CantorMar 1, 2007 11:04 am 
Eric TiffanyMar 1, 2007 11:30 am 
Scott CantorMar 1, 2007 11:43 am 
Eve L. MalerMar 1, 2007 12:55 pm 
Subject:Re: [security-services] Assertion signing confusion
From:Eric Tiffany (er@projectliberty.org)
Date:Mar 1, 2007 11:30:29 am
List:org.oasis-open.lists.security-services

Sorry, indeed you did. E26, I think. I must have missed that -- it is a rather large set of changes.

ET

On 3/1/07 2:04 PM, "Scott Cantor" <cant@osu.edu> wrote:

So this is a general statement about all profiles where assertions and signing are concerned. However, the SAML profile document makes other statements which seem to make more strict requirements (sect 4.1.3.5, lines 497-500).

" The <Assertion> element(s) in the <Response> MUST be signed, if the HTTP POST binding is used, and MAY be signed if the HTTP- Artifact binding is used."

This is already fixed in errata.

I think that this may add to the impression that the <Assertion> element itself must be signed.

Yes, that's the point though. If you say you want the assertion signed, that's what you should get, not the response.

So I would suggest that clarifying language be added in the Profile document around 4.1.3.5 line 500 indicating that the "signature inheritance" notion applies to the <Assertion> element in a POST message --- if that is indeed the intent.

We did.