[security-services] Attribute Authority info in AuthenticationAssertion proposal (f2 f #5 action item)

Title: Attribute Authority info in Authentication Assertion proposal (f2f #5 action item)

Attribute Authority info in Authentication Assertion was discussed at f2f #5

and clarifying text was requested so that committee can vote on the issue.

original proposal was sent out on Monday, October 22, 2001 10:22AM

Context here is that Authentication Authority can front several Attribute Authorities

as in the case of Shibboleth. Authentication Authority should be able to point

to the correct Attribute Authority for authenticated subject by including information 

about Attribute Authority in AuthenticationAssertion.

Proposed text:

SAML assumes that given authentication assertion relying party can find

attribute authority for the authenticated subject.

In a more dynamic situation Authentication Authority can be placed in front

of a number of Attribute Authorities. In this case Authentication Authority

may want to direct relying parties to the specific Attribute Authorities at the

time when authentication assertion is issued.

AuthorityBinding element specifies the type of authority (authentication, attribute,

authorization) and points to it via URI. AuthenticationStatementType contains optional

list of AuthorityBinding's. All AuthorityBinding's in the list must be of the 'attribute' type.

All authorities pointed to by the AuthorityBinding list must be queried by the relying party.

<element name="AuthorityBinding" type="saml:AuthorityBindingType"/>

<complexType name="AuthorityBindingType">

        <attribute name="AuthorityKind">

                <simpleType>

                        <restriction base="string">

                                <enumeration value="authentication"/>

                                <enumeration value="attribute"/>

                                <enumeration value="authorization"/>

                        </restriction>

                </simpleType>

        </attribute>

        <attribute name="Binding" type="anyURI"/>

</complexType>

        <element name="AuthenticationStatement" type="saml:AuthenticationStatementType"/>

        <complexType name="AuthenticationStatementType">

                <complexContent>

                        <extension base="saml:SubjectStatementAbstractType">

                                <sequence>

                                        <element ref="saml:AuthenticationLocality" minOccurs="0"/>

                                        <element ref="saml:AuthorityBinding" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" <--- addition

                                </sequence>

                                <attribute name="AuthenticationMethod" type="anyURI"/>

                                <attribute name="AuthenticationInstant" type="dateTime"/>

                        </extension>

                </complexContent>

        </complexType>

Simon Godik