whitespace in xml

[Chad La Joie]

If all you did was add whitespace in the IdP's config files then it
will absolutely not have any effect on what the SP receives.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Roderick Grau <rgrau at albany.edu> wrote:
> Shib-users,
>
> In an attempt to make my xml files more readable, I added some white space between elements.
>
> For example in the relying-party.xml:
>
> <!-- Load the IdP's own metadata.  This is necessary for artifact support. -->
>
>     <MetadataProvider
>       id="IdPMD"
>       xsi:type="ResourceBackedMetadataProvider"
>       xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata" >
>       <MetadataResource
>         xsi:type="resource:FilesystemResource"
>         file="/usr/local/shibboleth-idp/metadata/idp-metadata.xml" />
>     </MetadataProvider>
>
> In the security configuration:
>
>   <security:Credential id="IdPCredential" xsi:type="security:X509Filesystem">
>     <security:PrivateKey>
>       /usr/local/shibboleth-idp/credentials/idp.key
>    </security:PrivateKey>
>     <security:Certificate>
>       /usr/local/shibboleth-idp/credentials/idp.crt
>    </security:Certificate>
>   </security:Credential>
>
> This caused an SP (MS Live) to not recognize the Idp's assertions any more.  Very hard to track down, since I did not think white space in xml really mattered.
>
> Can someone confirm this?
>
> -Rod
> --
> Roderick Grau
> IT Systems Management and Operations
> University at Albany
> 1400 Washington Avenue Ext.
> Albany, New York 12222
>
>
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