RE: [saml-dev] Checking of InResponseTo attribute

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

> I have some questions regarding the checking of "InResponseTo" attribute.
> As the SAML2 specification documents clearly define that "InResponseTo"
must
> be check if it corresponds to the request's "ID", it does not say why this
> is obligatory.

And in practice it isn't. If your implementation is stateful, then it might
be necessary.

> What kind of attacks could this checking prevent?

Depends on entirely on what you're willing to assume about the response. It
presumably enables one to trust that the response fulfilled obligations that
were in the request. Personally I don't use it for anything.

-- Scott