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Technical implementation of assurance requires system changes from InCommon Operations, IdPs, and SPs. There are many different scenarios and choices.

InCommon metadata management

InCommon Operations will add IAQs to the published metadata following notification of certification by InCommon management. These will apply to the relevant IdP entries of the certified IdPOs.  Proposed IAQ URIs are:

Silver:  http://id.incommon.org/assurance/silver

Bronze:  http://id.incommon.org/assurance/bronze

There will likely be need for non-production IAQs for use in interop testing, probably with test instances of metadata.  Proposed IAQs:

Silver:  http://id.incommon.org/assurance/silver-test

Bronze:  http://id.incommon.org/assurance/bronze-test

Note that these URIs are intended to resolve to real pages at some point.

SP behavior

Ideally SPs will initiate the assurance flow by including the desired IAQ in the SAML AuthnRequest element.

  • What matching rules are recommended, or acceptable?
  • Some SPs may not be able to use the AuthnRequest mechanism due to software or other limitations.  Are they out of luck?
  • How is this configured using the Shib SP?  simpleSAML SP?
  • Boarding process:  how does an SP determine that an IdP supports assurance operationally (ala attribute support)?  The IAQ in metadata just states certification, not live service.

SPs will receive IAQs (either in response to a request, or sent unsolicited) in assertions from IdPs.  SPs should use metadata for the relevant IdPs to check that they are certified to assert the IAQs they're asserting.

  • Does the Shib (or SSP) SP software support the metadata check?

SPs will use local policy to decide how to handle incoming IAQs.  For example if the SP requires InCommon Bronze but receives InCommon Silver that should be acceptable.

IdP behavior

Ideally IdPs will receive a desired IAQ from an SP in an AuthnRequest to initiate the process.  The IdP deals with the requested IAQ and matching rule and interacts with the local IdM system to determine if the user at hand meets the requirements.  If so the appropriate IAQ is returned in the AuthnContext element in the assertion.

  • What matching rules are supported?
  • Is it possible for the IdP to return multiple IAQs? 
       No, not using the AuthnContext element.
  • How does the Shib (or SSP) IdP interact with local IdM?  Is a custom login handler required?

SPs may not put IAQs in AuthnRequests but still want to see IAQs from IdPs.

  • Can the Shib (or SSP) IdP be configured to send IAQs without being requested?
  • If so, are there appropriate policy knobs (per-SP, per-user, whatever)?
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