<div dir="ltr">can anyone explain me why we add this code into relaying-party.xml <br><br><pre class=""> <span class="">&lt;!-- Trust engine used to evaluate the signature on loaded metadata. --&gt;</span>
     <span class=""><span class="">&lt;security:TrustEngine</span> <span class="">id</span>=<span class="">&quot;shibboleth.MetadataTrustEngine&quot;</span> <span class="">xsi:type</span>=<span class="">&quot;security:StaticExplicitKeySignature&quot;</span><span class="">&gt;</span></span>
 
      <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span class=""><span class="">&lt;security:Credential</span> <span class="">id</span>=<span class="">&quot;TestCredentials&quot;</span> <span class="">xsi:type</span>=<span class="">&quot;security:X509Filesystem&quot;</span><span class="">&gt;</span></span></span>
        <span class=""><span class="">&lt;security:Certificate<span class="">&gt;</span></span></span>/opt/shibboleth-idp/credentials/<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">federation.crt</span><span class=""><span class="">&lt;/security:Certificate<span class="">&gt;</span></span></span>
      <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span class=""><span class="">&lt;/security:Credential<span class="">&gt;</span></span></span></span>
     <span class=""><span class="">&lt;/security:TrustEngine<span class="">&gt;<br><br></span></span></span></pre><pre class=""><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">if we can access the metadata by simple URL like this one :<br><a href="https://federation.renater.fr/test/renater-test-metadata.xml">https://federation.renater.fr/test/renater-test-metadata.xml</a><br><br></span></span></span></pre><pre class=""><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">what is the utility to verify the signature on loaded metadata .<br><br></span></span></span></pre><pre class=""><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">thank you<br></span></span></span></pre></div>