Re: [saml-dev] Confusion regarding AuthnContext

From
bhaskar jain
Date
2009-09-21T17:55:48+00:00
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Re: [saml-dev] Confusion regarding AuthnContext
Scott,

> You have to address the audience of applications you're trying to serve.

Ideally would not like to restrict the target audience. But practically, target applications would be commercial SaaS applications.

>Are there any application in the world that use SAML and require strong
>authentication? Of course

If possible can you please provide some examples of such applications and the authentication requirements. So we might consider implementing stronger/other authentication mechanisms in the future to support these use-case.

--Bhaskar.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Scott Cantor <> wrote:

bhaskar jain wrote on 2009-09-21:

>    Please see the attached screenshot of the configuration required in

>    case of WebEx. The AuthnContextClassRef field is configurable in this

>    case. So my question was whether there are any such applications

>    which have a fixedclass say 'SmartCard' and donot allow it to be

changed.

Define "such applications". Your question is simply too broad. You have to

address the audience of applications you're trying to serve.

Are there any application in the world that use SAML and require strong

authentication? Of course.

-- Scott

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