configuring metadata for Net+ Box SP

Ian Young ian at iay.org.uk
Mon Jul 8 13:08:31 EDT 2013


On 8 Jul 2013, at 18:00, Rob Gorrell <rwgorrel at uncg.edu> wrote:

> So forgive me, but what does removing this parameter from the metadata actually do?


use="signing" means that the key can be used only to sign messages from the SP.

Removing the "use" attribute means that the key can be used for any purpose; in particular, it can be used to encrypt messages *to* the SP.

	-- Ian



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