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[Janusz Ulanowski <janusz.ulanowski AT heanet.ie>]

Thank you Peter!
Janusz

On 07/10/16 14:13, Peter Schober wrote:
> * Janusz Ulanowski <janusz.ulanowski AT heanet.ie> [2016-10-07 15:05]:
> > Thanks very much for you reply Peter:)
>
> Neither the SAML Metadata not SAML Core seem to say something about
> this specifically, but maybe it follows from other specs. E.g. for
> URIs see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-6 on
> normalisation and comparison.
>
> Either way, I'm pretty sure any form of normalisation in data
> structrures used as /identifiers/ within SAML is a bad idea, precluded
> by specs or not.
> (With comparing e.g. ACS URLs it may be less clear, but I'd still seek
> guidance from the OASIS Security Technical Comittee, via
> aforementioned list.)
>
> -peter