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  • 1.  [xacml] Issues about XACML Request Context schema

    Posted 07-09-2002 07:10
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    Subject: [xacml] Issues about XACML Request Context schema


    When I wrote a sample SAML->XACML Context transformation, I noticed the
    following problems.
    
    1) In SAML Request, Format attribute in the NameIdentifier element is
    optional while the same Format attribute of SubjectId element in XACML
    Context is mandatory. I think the Format attribute of SubjectId element
    might be optional.
    
    2) In my sample XSLT transformation, I just copied the whole SAML Evidence
    element into SubjectAttribute element as an Evidence attribute of the
    subject in XACML Context. If we take this approach, a Namespace attribute
    in the AttributeMetaData element in XACML context has no corresponding
    information in SAML request. However this Namespace attribute is mandatory
    in XACML. I think the Namespace attribute of AttributeMetaData element
    might be optional.
    
    3) In XACML Context, there is an AuthenticationInfo element in the Subject
    element that is zero or one occurrence. I think that it is not clear which
    authentication information in the SAML request corresponds to
    AuthenticationInfo in the XACML Context. In addition, SAML request may have
    multiple authentication information about the subject. In that case, single
    AuthenticationInfo element does not work. Then I think that the occurrence
    of AuthenticationInfo should be zero to unlimited, or the element itself
    should be deleted from the XACML context (I mean any authentication
    information goes into the subject attribute section)
    
    4) In XACML Context, Action element has no attribute while Action element
    in SAML request has Namespace attribute. It seems to me that the action in
    SAML request is more appropriate format.
    
    Michiharu
    
    IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory, Internet Technology
    Tel. +81 (46) 215-4642   Fax +81 (46) 273-7428
    
    
    
    
    


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