Question on HoK client certificate at IdP side

[Chuang Wang <chuang.wang@oracle.com>]

Hello,

We are following the "SAML V2.0 Holder-of-Key Web Browser SSOâ  (http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-holder-of-key-browser-sso-cs-02.pdf), and trying to add HoK support for our IdP

Given a Principal at an IdP, does the client certificate for HoK must be registered and associated to this Principal ahead in IdP?  In other words, can this principal freely choose a client certificate at SAML protocol runtime?

Asking this because the specification 2.6.4  "Identity Provider Identifies Principal and Verifies Key Possessionâ has a sentence below:

 In addition, note well that the Holder-of-Key Assertion Profile requires that the X.509 certificate obtained as a result of the TLS handshake MUST be known to be associated with the principal (see section 2.4 of [SAML2HoKAP]). 

However, I did not see detailed description on this at section 2.4 of [SAML2HoKAP]

Sincerely,

Chuang