Interop Capabilities: Identity Provider

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  • 2007.6.6 dr: add VeriSign to the grid
  • 2007.4.17B pt: updated per our discussion on the OSIS-interop call today
  • 2007.4.17 pt: Added strikethroughs, and some comments to the table itself
  • 2007.4.17 aj: Filled in column for Ping Identity.
  • 2007.4.16 mbj: Filled in MS IdP Sample column
  • 2007.4.16 pt: added Higgins column. Edited both Bandit Wag/Higgins and Higgins columns
  • 2007.4.4: pt: starting to fill in Higgins
  • 2007.3.20: pd: created initial table


Identity Provider Interop Feature Plan - June 6, 2007 (v7)
Feature MS IdP Sample Bandit Wag/Higgins Higgins Ping Identity xmldap.org VeriSign
Managed Card Generation
Can create a managed card with the .crd file format yes X X X X X
Policy Advertisement
Policy Advertisement (MEX) yes X X X X X
Claim Types
Can support xmlsoap.org identity claim types yes X X X X X
Can support other claim types yes? X X X OpenID URL
Encryption & Signing of Tokens
Uses AES 256-bit encryption yes? X X X X X
Managed Card Authentication
Users can use username/password to authenticate yes X X X X X
Users can use X.509 certificates to authenticate yes X X
New row:Users can use SAML certificates to authenticate X X
Users can use Kerberos tickets to authenticate no X X
Users can use a self-issued information card to authenticate yes X X X
Additional STS Support
Backend Interoperability
Liberty SAML no X
LDAP no X
OpenID Provider no X X X


Generated Token Types
Will send SAML 1.1 tokens yes X X X X X
Will send SAML 2.0 tokens no?
Logging/Audit This section isn't clear
Can configure IdP to track places where tokens have been sent no? X X
Can configure IdP to NOT track places where tokens have been sent yes X X
Optional Capabilities
Managed Card Unlinkability (if IdP publishes PPID)
PPID is different for each RP yes X X X
PPID is provably related to the IdP public key What does this mean? what does this mean? X X