RE: [security-services] ISSUE: Form of a response when the request ismissing/malformed

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

> I am assuming that the correct SAML status code to use when a 
> request is badly malformed (or is simply missing from the SOAP
payload) 
> is "Sender"; that is, there has been an error "in the sender or in the
> request".

I assume so (modulo the suggested change to "Requester" from "Sender".

> But what should the InResponseTo attribute on the response be, if the 
> request didn't, say, even have an ID or any innards at all?

I think it's a safe bet that InResponseTo will be made optional, because
converting the POST profile to use Response requires either that or
using a dummy value. In light of that, making it optional solves both
concerns.

-- Scott