On 06/02/13 10:49, Sam Hartman wrote:
> I don't see why a radius server couldn't communicate the state attri
> ute to an idp.
Does the idp understand this attribute? I mean, the idp could understand
the user-name, but I'm not sure if the state attribute....

regards, Gabi.
> The same attribute may apply to user and machine with different values.z
>
> Gabriel Lopez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     On 05/02/13 17:33, Josh Howlett wrote:
>
>         Jim has previously articulated a requirement for support of
>         post-authentication attribute request, and to allow requests
>         for attributes of the user and/or machine associated with the
>         authentication. In a call before Christmas, Scott suggested a
>         strategy based on the use of SAML Subject Confirmation. The
>         idea is that the SAML Requester can use an attribute request
>         using a new SAML Subject Confirmation Method. This Method
>         gives (1) the value of the RADIUS State attribute pointing to
>         the RADIUS session in question and
>
>
>     Do we have to take into account the scenario where the idP is not
>     co-located with the Radius server?
>     In this case this method is not valid.
>      
>
>         (2) whether the response should include attributes describing
>         the user or machine. 
>
>     Using the current SAML AttributeQuery element the client can specify the
>     list of desired attributes. Is it not enough to specify the set of
>     attributes (user/machine) in the same query identified by urn?
>
>     Regards, Gabi.
>
>         Here's the proposed text: 8. RADIUS State Confirmation Method
>         URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:abfab:cm:radius-state The RADIUS
>         State Confirmation Method indicates that the Subject is the
>         system entity associated with a RADIUS Access-Accept message,
>         identified by the value of the RADIUS message's State
>         attribute. There are typically two types o f system entity
>         associated with a RADIUS authentication: a user or a machine.
>         This Confirmation Method uses the Identity-Type TLV defined by
>         [I-D.ietf-emu-eap-tunnel-method] to permit disambiguation.
>         This allows, for example, a SAML Requester to request
>         attributes for a user, even if machine credentials were used
>         in the original RADIUS authentication. Define an XML attribute
>         ("RadiusStateValue") giving the RADIUS State attribute value
>         Define an XML attribute ("RadiusIdentityType") giving the
>         Identity-Type TLV value <SubjectConfirmation
>         Method="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:abfab:cm:radius-state">
>         <SubjectConfirmationData RadiusStateValue="ABC123"
>         RadiusIdentityType="1" /> </SubjectConfirmation> While working
>         through this, I spotted a bug in the proposed ABFAB Assertion
>         Query Profile in that it needs to specify a value for the
>         RADIUS User-Name attr ibute which MUST accompany the
>         SAML-Message attribute (per RFC2865). My view is that the user
>         portion of the NAI in the User-Name attribute should take a
>         well-known value for different types of SAML endpoints. For
>         example, the attribute authority for RADIUS realm FOO could be
>         named as saml2-attribute-authority@foo. SAML tends to use URIs
>         to name such things, and so one option to improve consistency
>         (at the expense of verbosity) is to use the aaa: and/or aaas:
>         URI schemes defined by Diameter (but which also supports
>         naming RADIUS endpoints). Comments welcome... Josh. Janet(UK)
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