Re: [OAUTH-WG] User and Client identity in the Assertion Flow

Brian Eaton <beaton@google.com> Thu, 13 May 2010 15:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] User and Client identity in the Assertion Flow
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Chuck Mortimore
<cmortimore@salesforce.com> wrote:
> Our plan is to treat SAML assertions passed over the assertion flow as
> bearer assertions, so I believe we have everything we need contained within
> the assertion (issuer + audience + signature).  That being said, if we want
> this to be an extensible flow, not all assertion formats will be so
> transparent.
>
> I think this is a reasonable suggestion, as long as the clientid/secret are
> entirely optional.    Not in support of a second User Assertion Flow.

Yes.  This sounds right to me.

Cheers,
Brian