Re: [saml-dev] the value of AuthnInstant

[Eve Maler <Eve.Maler@Sun.COM>]

It's t1, isn't it?  One assertion, issued at time t2, and another,  
issued at time t4, will both indicate that the user authenticated at  
time t1 -- assuming that authn session is still good, of course (e.g.,  
re-authn isn't being forced).

	Eve

On Feb 7, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Tom Scavo wrote:

> Suppose a user presents an AuthnRequest to an IdP at time t0.  Since
> the user has no security context initially, the IdP challenges the
> user to authenticate, which the user does successfully (at time t1).
> So the IdP issues an assertion (at time t2), which the user transmits
> to the SP via the browser.
>
> At some later time t3, the user presents another AuthnRequest to the
> IdP.  Since the user already has a security context, the IdP does not
> challenge the user to authenticate, but rather issues an assertion (at
> time t4), which again the user transmits to the SP.
>
> Question: What is the value of AuthnInstant in the second assertion?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
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