SAMLv2 Authentication Authority Customization

SAMLv2 Authentication Authority contains the following attributes for customization:

• Signing and Encryption

• Authn Query Service

• AssertionID Request

• Cert Alias

Signing and Encryption

Key Size

The length for keys used by the Attribute Authority entity when interacting with another entity.

Algorithm

The encryption algorithm used to interact with another entity.

Authn Query Service

This attribute defines the URL to which authentication queries are sent.

AssertionID Request

Defines the URLs to which the AssertionIDs are sent from a client to an identity provider in order to retrieve the corresponding assertion. Location specifies the URL of the provider to which the request is sent. The AssertionID request types are:

• SOAP

• URI

Cert Alias

This attribute defines the certificate alias elements for the provider. signing specifies the provider certificate alias used to find the correct signing certificate in the keystore. Encryption specifies the provider certificate alias used to find the correct encryption certificate in the keystore.