updating SP's signing cert in metadata

IAM David Bantz dabantz at alaska.edu
Thu Oct 12 14:44:27 EDT 2017


metadata markup says the cert is for signing; can I rely on that?

      <md:KeyDescriptor use="signing">
>          <ds:KeyInfo>
>             <ds:X509Data>
>                <ds:X509Certificate>...


On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:

> On 10/12/17, 2:30 PM, "users on behalf of IAM David Bantz" <
> users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of dabantz at alaska.edu> wrote:
>
> > I think I can ease the transition by adding the new cert initially
> without removing the old in their metadata, and the IdP is smart
> > enough to rely on the right cert; then after the switch is verified,
> remove the old. Am I correct?
>
> Depends on whether it's used for signing, encryption, or both and what
> Salesforce itself is doing. You can't have a key in the metadata the IdP
> might pick to encrypt with if the other end doesn't know to use it.
>
> -- Scott
>
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