Issuer and IdP Entity Id

[Cantor, Scott]

On 12/4/13, 4:42 AM, "vyal2k" <vyal2k at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Will the value of <Issuer> always be same as IdP's Entity ID in all
>messages from IdP to SP?
>If it can also be something other than IdP's Entity ID, can you provide
>an example of such a case?

There are frequently bugs in one-off SAML implementations that don't use
the Issuer field correctly, so that's the primary case one would encounter.

-- Scott