Re: [rtcweb] IdP and universal trust

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Thu, 29 March 2012 15:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] IdP and universal trust
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On 29 March 2012 16:03, Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com> wrote:
> While they would be perceived as different with first party IdP, a signed assertion is still meaningless without some proof that the E.164 number is actually owned by the domain making the assertion.

Yes, if you infer that it is an E.164.  I wouldn't have inferred that
it was an E.164 number because I know that you can't make those sorts
of assertions - it's just a string @ a domain.