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<p class="MsoNormal">I am utterly confused (nothing new there, but I’ll attempt to explain this one).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a relying-party entry which I believe others have used:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <bean parent="RelyingPartyByName" c:relyingPartyIds="google.com"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <property name="profileConfigurations"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <list><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <bean parent="SAML2.SSO" p:nameIDFormatPrecedence="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress" p:encryptAssertions="false" /><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </list><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </property><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </bean><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a request from google in my log which asks for NameID as unspecified:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><samlp:AuthnRequest<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> AssertionConsumerServiceURL="https://www.google.com/a/hull-college.ac.uk/acs"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ID="achibhchkpnnlacecgddfgbpfdallakncgfgofab" IsPassive="false"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> IssueInstant="2016-04-13T09:39:51Z"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ProtocolBinding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ProviderName="google.com" Version="2.0" xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <saml:Issuer xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">google.com</saml:Issuer><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <samlp:NameIDPolicy AllowCreate="true" Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified"/><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></samlp:AuthnRequest><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And google’s own metadata download (taken from the GA admin control panel) which has a weird entityID of
<a href="https://accounts.google.com/o/saml2?idpid=C04au2c47">https://accounts.google.com/o/saml2?idpid=C04au2c47</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Which specifies emailAddress as the NameID policy (somewhat contradictory to the request the IdP gets):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><md:NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress</md:NameIDFormat><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My error log says there is no entry to handle entityID google.com in relying-party:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2016-04-13 10:39:52,256 - DEBUG [org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.AbstractMetadataResolver:334] - Metadata backing store does not contain any EntityDescriptors with the ID: google.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Even editing the metadata file they provide, to the following first line:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><md:EntityDescriptor xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" entityID="google.com" validUntil="2021-04-12T08:53:16.000Z"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Doesn’t work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dav<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">_________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dave Perry<br>
eLearning Technologist, Hull College Group<br>
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Room L34 - Queens Gardens Library<br>
Wilberforce Drive, Queen's Gardens, Hull, HU1 3DG<br>
Extension 2230 / Direct Dial 01482 381930<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* Need a fast reply? Try
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