On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 08:34 +0530, Prabath Siriwardena wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> As per [1] : (In [2] this is defined as <AudienceRestriction> )
> 
> <extract>
> 
> 2.3.2.1.3 Elements <AudienceRestrictionCondition> and <Audience>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The <AudienceRestrictionCondition> element specifies that the assertion 
> is addressed to one or
> more specific audiences identified by <Audience> elements. Although a 
> SAML relying party that is
> outside the audiences specified is capable of drawing conclusions from 
> an assertion, the SAML authority
> explicitly makes no representation as to accuracy or trustworthiness to 
> such a party. It contains the
> following elements:
> 
> <Audience>
> -----------
> A URI reference that identifies an intended audience. The URI reference 
> MAY identify a document
> that describes the terms and conditions of audience membership.
> The audience restriction condition evaluates to Valid if and only if the 
> SAML relying party is a member of
> one or more of the audiences specified.
> The SAML authority cannot prevent a party to whom the assertion is 
> disclosed from taking action on the
> basis of the information provided. However, the 
> <AudienceRestrictionCondition> element allows
> the SAML authority to state explicitly that no warranty is provided to 
> such a party in a machine- and
> human-readable form. While there can be no guarantee that a court would 
> uphold such a warranty exclusion in
> 
> </extract>
> 
> This is an optional element, which we currently do not support.
> 
> I think it's logical to add an AudienceRestriction, by default to 
> "AppliesToAddress" - when present.
> 
> Thoughts?


+1

Regards,
Dimuthu

> 
> Thanks & regards.
> - Prabath
> 
> [1]:http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/3406/oasis-sstc-saml-core-1.1.pdf
> [2]:http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-core-2.0-os.pdf
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