RE: [dss] Authentication Token

[Trevor Perrin <trevp@trevp.net>]

At 10:01 AM 10/20/2004 +0100, Nick Pope wrote:
>"Whilst looking at this I note that the saml:NameIdentifierType that we use
>has been replaced in the new SAML assertion syntax by "NameIDType".  Do we
>want to follow them, stay referring to an old syntax, or split off from
>SAML?"

SAML v2 is a CD, not yet a standard.  Also the new type adds 
SPNameQualifier and SPProvidedID, I guess for federated 
authentication.  Reverting to instinctive peasant-like fear of anything I 
don't understand, I say we stick with what we've got.

Trevor