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Subject: RE: [security-services] RE: AuthenticationMethod / NameIdentifier and Kerberos authentication


I'll also agree with Scott and JohnK on this.  As I see it, designating
Kerberos as the method in an assertion issued by a SAML IdP appropriately
means that the IdP is issuing that assertion based on a successful Kerberos
protocol transaction with the user's client.  An alternative where the IdP
receives the user's password and itself performs a Kerberos exchange on the
user's behalf does involve Kerberos but doesn't constitute Kerberos-based
authentication to the IdP in the same sense.  It seems a reasonable
description for this to annotate a top-level password method indicator with
an authentication context describing something like "Kerberos-confirmed",
though. 

--jl

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Cantor [mailto:cantor.2@osu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 10:24 PM
To: 'Tim Alsop'
Cc: security-services@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [security-services] RE: AuthenticationMethod /
NameIdentifier and Kerberos authentication


> Anyway, I think JohnK mentioned using an Auth Context instead 
> of putting the Kerberos pre-auth in the AuthenticationMethod 
> statement ? What was the concensus on this, or has it not 
> been discussed in detail yet ?

The latter. I think everyone agrees that it makes sense, but I don't know
that Liberty has defined any specific classes or statements that deal with
Kerberos.

> Maybe if Kerberos has been used, but not in the way we prefer 
> (client in workstation/browser) we could still represent this 
> method as a Kerberos method, but put something meaningful 
> into a Context statement that gives more details on how 
> Kerberos was used to authenticate the user ? That is in 
> addition to the pre-auth method ? Just a suggestion ... Comments ?

Right. My criticism pertained to the old method. However, I would be equally
opposed to lumping this model into a general Kerberos context class. I think
it's closer to a "password" class with specific details provided as to how
the server is checking the password for accuracy that mention Kerberos.

-- Scott


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