A RADIUS Attribute, Binding, Profiles, Name Identifier Format, and Confirmation Methods for the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
RFC 7833
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Howlett
Request for Comments: 7833 Jisc
Category: Standards Track S. Hartman
ISSN: 2070-1721 Painless Security
A. Perez-Mendez, Ed.
University of Murcia
May 2016
A RADIUS Attribute, Binding, Profiles, Name Identifier Format, and
Confirmation Methods for the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Abstract
This document describes the use of the Security Assertion Markup
Language (SAML) with RADIUS in the context of the Application
Bridging for Federated Access Beyond web (ABFAB) architecture. It
defines two RADIUS attributes, a SAML binding, a SAML name identifier
format, two SAML profiles, and two SAML confirmation methods. The
RADIUS attributes permit encapsulation of SAML Assertions and
protocol messages within RADIUS, allowing SAML entities to
communicate using the binding. The two profiles describe the
application of this binding for ABFAB authentication and assertion
Query/Request, enabling a Relying Party to request authentication of,
or assertions for, users or machines (clients). These clients may be
named using a Network Access Identifier (NAI) name identifier format.
Finally, the subject confirmation methods allow requests and queries
to be issued for a previously authenticated user or machine without
needing to explicitly identify them as the subject. The use of the
artifacts defined in this document is not exclusive to ABFAB. They
can be applied in any Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
(AAA) scenario, such as network access control.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Terminology ................................................5
2. Conventions .....................................................5
3. RADIUS SAML Attributes ..........................................5
3.1. SAML-Assertion Attribute ...................................6
3.2. SAML-Protocol Attribute ....................................7
4. SAML RADIUS Binding .............................................8
4.1. Required Information .......................................8
4.2. Operation ..................................................8
4.3. Processing of Names ........................................9
4.3.1. AAA Names ..........................................10
4.3.2. SAML Names .........................................10
4.3.3. Mapping of AAA Names in SAML Metadata ..............11
4.3.4. Example of SAML Metadata That Includes AAA Names ...13
4.4. Use of XML Signatures .....................................14
4.5. Metadata Considerations ...................................14
5. Network Access Identifier Name Identifier Format ...............14
6. RADIUS State Confirmation Method Identifiers ...................15
7. ABFAB Authentication Profile ...................................15
7.1. Required Information ......................................15
7.2. Profile Overview ..........................................16
7.3. Profile Description .......................................18
7.3.1. Client Request to Relying Party ....................18
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