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Subject: RE: [saml-dev] SLO IDP generated bindings.


Title: RE: [saml-dev] SLO IDP generated bindings.
 
In order to do browser-based SSO, the browser has to have an active action in progress at the IdP.  Even if the browser has a page open at the IdP it doesn't matter if the IdP has already finished sending the data to the browser for that page.  The IdP would have to wait until the next HTTP request from the browser to initiate the SLO.
 
Expiration is typically handled via the  <Conditions> NotOnOrAfter or the <AuthnStatement> SessionNotOnOrAfter attributes.
User initiated SLO at the IdP works fine since that would be an HTTP request to the IDP.
 
Otherwise for IdP intiated SLO due to some administrative reason, the IdP would be forced to use the SOAP interface (if it was supported by the SP).
 
Conor


From: Giuseppe Sarno [mailto:gsarno@nortel.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:59 PM
To: Scott Cantor; saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [saml-dev] SLO IDP generated bindings.

Hi thanks you are right I'll re-frase.

Case where IDP decide to terminate session (expires or even admin intervention).
From what I understood unless there some sort of Browser polling technique, SOAP is then the only recommended option?

Thanks.
giuseppe.


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Cantor [mailto:cantor.2@osu.edu]
Sent: Fri 01/12/2006 00:53
To: Sarno, Giuseppe (MOP:GM15); saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [saml-dev] SLO IDP generated bindings.

> I was thinking about the case the IDP decides to terminate a
> session (Session expires, others.)
> It should issue a SLO req to the SP/SPs involved.
> Now in this case the User Agent is not involved at all so I'm
> assuming the only possible binding to be used (and coverd by
> the spec) is any synch binding (so far only SOAP is supported).
> Is that correct ?

The browser is involved if the user initiates the logout, or if a window is
maintained somehow with some kind of polling or something.

IdP-initiated doesn't mean "user not involved", that's an orthogonal
consideration.

> Could HTTP Post be used in this case anyhow ?

HTTP POST is a browser-mediated binding, but it is implementation-dependent
whether a server can tell the difference. It should never be used in place
of SOAP, and there's really nothing to be gained from doing that.

-- Scott


Hi



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