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Subject: RE: [ws-sx] Issue 31: Token properties


Each relying party that is protecting a resource based on the token it receives in a WSS Security header will have some policy about what that token needs to say. While WSS can be neutral to that, I don't see how the STS can be... otherwise, how will a WSC be able to get a satisfactory token from the STS?

Are you saying that it's sufficient for a WSP to state that it requires SAML tokens, and that ANY SAML token will do?

-Greg

Trustgenix has been acquired by HP. Please make a note my new email address: greg.whitehead@hp.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Nadalin [mailto:drsecure@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Fri 4/7/2006 8:03 AM
To: Whitehead, Greg
Cc: Scott Cantor; Symon Chang; Tony Gullotta; ws-sx@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [ws-sx] Issue 31: Token properties
 





Greg,

It's enough for WS-Security, WS-Trust, etc to say I want a SAML token as
that is all the is profiled in WSS, there is nothing that the wire format
of these specifications depend on in regards to token specifics.

Anthony Nadalin | Work 512.838.0085 | Cell 512.289.4122


                                                                           
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It seems to me that an RST needs to specify the desired properties of the
requested token in enough detail that the STS can satisfy the request
without relying on out-of-band information.

As has already been pointed out, it's not enough to say that you want a
SAML token.

-Greg

On Apr 7, 2006, at 12:34 AM, Anthony Nadalin wrote:



      Symon,

      The key part of what you quote is "conditions and restrictions on the
      wire formats defined by OASIS Web
      Services Security [1], WS-SecureConversation [2] and WS-Trust [3] to
      a
      specific set of typed message interchanges." well Services Security,
      WS-SecureConversation and WS-Trust don't depend on any formats of the
      tokens for wire formats, applications may but these specifications
      don't.



      Anthony Nadalin | Work 512.838.0085 | Cell 512.289.4122
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      The following is from the charter for our WS-SX TC:

      "WS-SecurityPolicy [4] uses the facilities of WS-Policy [5] to
      express
      the conditions and restrictions on the wire formats defined by OASIS
      Web
      Services Security [1], WS-SecureConversation [2] and WS-Trust [3] to
      a
      specific set of typed message interchanges."

      From this statement, there is no reason to define the WSS token
      properties somewhere else. WS-SecurityPolicy has to define properties
      of
      token in the WS-Security spec.

      For example, Username Token with/without nonce or created tags should
      be
      definable in the security policy, so that the Policy Enforcement
      Point
      can enforce the policy accordingly.


      Symon Chang, CISSP
      Sr. Security Architect
      Blue Titan Software

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Scott Cantor [mailto:cantor.2@osu.edu]
      Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:53 AM
      To: 'Tony Gullotta'; 'Anthony Nadalin'
      Cc: ws-sx@lists.oasis-open.org
      Subject: RE: [ws-sx] Issue 31: Token properties

      > I would think that at a minimum we should look at properties
      > required to ensure the tokens can be authenticated properly
      > like in my first example.

      That applies to SAML as well, i.e. SubjectConfirmation. It's
      meaningless
      to
      just say "SAML token".

      I would say there should be token profiles of many of these specs, if
      not
      here, fine, but somewhere.

      -- Scott









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