On 10/16/06, Scott Cantor <> wrote:
> > In the definition of "strongly matches" in section 3.3.4 of SAML2Core,
> > is it implied that the SubjectConfirmation/@Method attributes of the
> > two Subjects are equal?
>
> @Method more or less yes
This perhaps should be errata.
> along with the other simple content,
Such as a nested <NameID> element? If so, this, too, should be errata.
> but the
> actual confirmation data, nope. Quite by design, e.g. "HoK using KeyName
> Foo" -> "HoK using X509Certificate"
Understood.
> > Without this requirement, it seems the condition is untestable.
>
> It is, at least outside the bounds of a particular deployment.
If the above items are made explicit in the spec (errata), at least
there's something to test.
> "All interop ends at ds:KeyInfo (tm)"
Yes, I've used this (trademarked) statement in other conversations
(with proper attribution of course :)
Tom