<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Dear Team UVic,</div><blockquote type="cite"><p>
<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This translation to claims should be fairly straight-forward, I think - but the vendor
has asked that username be released as this format : </span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">...which doesn't sound semantically correct, according to the SAML </span><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Segoe UI WPC, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif" size="2">spec.</font><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', 'Segoe UI WPC', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Segoe UI WPC, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Thanks for any tips!</font></span></p></blockquote><div>I would be hard pressed to come up with a username that matched the defined semantics of a transient identifier.</div><div><br></div><div>There are two tactical approaches: reason with the SP, or try sending the SP something that is actually valid to see if they even notice:</div><div><br></div><div>I've had good success pushing back on this specific permutation just because it's so obviously nonsensical.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div>Nate.</div></body></html>