[OGSA-AUTHZ] [security-services] Public Review of SAML Specifications

[Tom Scavo]

Just a friendly reminder that the Public Review period on these OASIS
SAML documents ends Feb 9, 2008.

Tom

On Dec 11, 2007 9:42 AM, Tom Scavo <trscavo at gmail.com> wrote:
> FYI
>
> OASIS has announced a 60-day public review period for a group of five
> specifications being considered by the SSTC.  Three of those
> specifications involve attributes.  Of particular interest to this
> group is the SAML V2.0 Deployment Profiles for X.509 Subjects, which
> underlies the OGSA Attribute Exchange Profile (a new version of which
> Valerio uploaded to gridforge this morning).  Also of interest is the
> SAML V2.0 Attribute Sharing Profile for X.509 Authentication-Based
> Systems, which supports the same use case as the SAML V2.0 Deployment
> Profiles for X.509 Subjects but has a different emphasis.
>
> Of course your comments are encouraged.  Note that the OASIS TC
> process requires that all comments be given full consideration before
> the specification can proceed in committee.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Scavo
> NCSA
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae at oasis-open.org>
> Date: Dec 10, 2007 11:30 PM
> Subject: [security-services] Public Review of SAML Specifications
> To: members at lists.oasis-open.org, tc-announce at lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: OASIS SSTC <security-services at lists.oasis-open.org>
>
>
> To OASIS members, Public Announce Lists:
>
> The OASIS Security Services (SAML) TC has recently approved the following
> specifications as Committee Drafts and approved each of the following five (5)
> specifications for public review:
>
> 1. SAMLv2.0 HTTP POST "SimpleSign" Binding
> 2. Identity Provider Discovery Service Protocol and Profile
> 3. SAML V2.0 Attribute Sharing Profile for X.509 Authentication-Based Systems
> 4. SAML V2.0 Deployment Profiles for X.509 Subjects
> 5. SAML V2.0 LDAP/X.500 Attribute Profile
>
> The public review starts today, 11 December 2007, and ends 9 February 2008. This
> is an open invitation to comment. We strongly encourage feedback from potential
> users, developers and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of
> improving the interoperability and quality of OASIS work. Please feel free to
> distribute this announcement within your organization and to other appropriate
> mail lists.
>
> More non-normative information about the specification and the technical
> committee may be found at the public home page of the TC at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security. Comments
> may be submitted to the TC by any person through the use of the OASIS TC Comment
> Facility which can be located via the button marked "Send A Comment" at the top
> of that page, or directly at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=security.
>
> Submitted comments (for this work as well as other works of that TC) are
> publicly archived and can be viewed at
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services-comment/. All comments
> submitted to OASIS are subject to the OASIS Feedback License, which ensures that
> the feedback you provide carries the same obligations at least as the
> obligations of the TC members.
>
> The specification document and related files are available here:
>
> 1. SAMLv2.0 HTTP POST "SimpleSign" Binding
> Editable Source:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-binding-simplesign-cd
> -02.odt
> PDF:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-binding-simplesign-cd
> -02.pdf
> HTML:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-binding-simplesign-cd
> -02.html
>
> 2. Identity Provider Discovery Service Protocol and Profile
> Editable Source:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-idp-discovery-cd-02.o
> dt
> PDF:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-idp-discovery-cd-02.p
> df
> HTML:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-idp-discovery-cd-02.h
> tml
> Schema:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-idp-discovery-cd-02.p
> df
>
> 3. SAML V2.0 Attribute Sharing Profile for X.509 Authentication-Based Systems
> Editable Source:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-x509-authn-attrib-pro
> file-cd-04.odt
> PDF:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-x509-authn-attrib-pro
> file-cd-04.pdf
> HTML:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-x509-authn-attrib-pro
> file-cd-04.html
>
> 4. SAML V2.0 Deployment Profiles for X.509 Subjects
> Editable Source:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml2-profiles-deploy-x509
> -cd-02.odt
> PDF:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml2-profiles-deploy-x509
> -cd-02.pdf
> HTML:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml2-profiles-deploy-x509
> -cd-02.html
> Schema:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml2-profiles-deploy-x509
> .xsd
>
> 5. SAML V2.0 LDAP/X.500 Attribute Profile
> Editable Source:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-attribute-x500-cd-02.
> odt
> PDF:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-attribute-x500-cd-02.
> pdf
> HTML:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-attribute-x500-cd-02.
> html
>
> OASIS and the Security Services (SAML) TC welcome your comments.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Mary P McRae
> Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
> email: mary.mcrae at oasis-open.org
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>
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