Encode/Decode AuthnRequest

[Jim Hoy]

Does anyone have a sample AuthnRequest where the attributes are filled in
with the Shib config attribute names that match?

Thank you.


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Jim Hoy <jim.hoy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m trying to programmatically encode and decode AuthnRequest XML. Which
> technologies are used and what steps would I follow to do this? If I
> understand correctly, the typical process goes like this:
>
> To encode:
>
> 1. Convert XML to byte stream
> 2. Compress the byte stream
> 3. Base64 encode the compressed stream
> 4. UrlEncode the Base64 string
>
> To decode:
>
> 1. UrlDecode the string
> 2. Base64 Decode the UrlDecoded string
> 3. Decompress the Base64
> 4. Convert the byte stream to XML
>
> When I try to decode the AuthnRequest that we are passing to an IDP, I
> don’t get anything usable.  I’ve tried GZip and .Net’s  DeflateStream.  Do
> I have the encoding and decoding process corrent?  What compression does
> shib use?  Is the XML signed with a cert?
>
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