Computed ID Data Connector

Tom Scavo trscavo at gmail.com
Fri Mar 28 10:10:55 EDT 2014


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Rod Widdowson
<rdw at steadingsoftware.com> wrote:
>> >> 1. Does the IdP entityID enter into the actual computation?
>> >
>> > Yes
>>
>> I was afraid of that. May I ask why that is and/or why that has to be?
>
> Ummm, to render the Computed ID unique per user and per entityID?

But I don't see why that is a requirement. The SAML V2.0 Persistent
NameID (or eduPersonTargetedID) is a triple, not a single value, so
the computed value doesn't need to be globally unique.

> Are you
> wanting a computed Id which is opaque, per user but not per entity?

See above.

Tom


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