RE: [saml-dev] Cross domain session timeouts

["Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu>]

> 2. Allow IDP to transmit its session requirements to the SP as part of
> SAML metadata?
> (e.g., "send user back to me for reauthentication after 15 minutes of
> inactivity")
> 
> This is actually carried in the authentication assertion.  The
> SessionNotOnOrAfter attribute on the AuthnStatement is the place to put
> this.

No, that's for session lifetime, not idle timeout. There is no way to deal
with timeouts in SAML, it's not addressed at all.

-- Scott