AttributeInMetadataConfiguration

Overview

The AttributeInMetadata type describes a Matcher that filters results based upon any <md:RequestedAttribute> elements in the metadata for the AttributeConsumingService for the request. The parameterization controls

Whether the RequestedAttribute is mapped directly or not (attributeName and attributeNameFormat)
What the behavior is if the ACS has no requested Attributes. (matchIfMetadataSilent)
What the behavior is with respect to the isRequired XML attribute on the <md:RequestedAttribute> element (if any)
Whether this is a Matcher or a PolicyRule (attributeID)

The AttributeInMetadata type is a Matcher that consults <md:RequestedAttribute> elements in SP metadata.

For a PolicyRule that consults Entity Attributes (associated with the SAML2 Metadata Entity for the SP) use EntityAttributeExactMatch or EntityAttributeRegexMatch

Schema Name

The AttributeInMetadata type is defined by the urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:afp:mf schema, which can be located at http://shibboleth.net/schema/idp/shibboleth-afp.xsd .

Prior to release 3.2.0 the saml:SAMLAttributeInMetadata type is defined by the urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:afp:mf:saml schema, which can be located at http://shibboleth.net/schema/idp/shibboleth-afp-mf-saml.xsd. Use of this namespace is deprecated, but is supported.

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
`attributeName`	String	optional	If this attribute is present, a `RequestedAttribute` with this name is searched for. If absent then the attribute encoders associated with the (IdP) Attribute under consideration are consulted and the first matching (format and name) `RequestedAttribute` is used.
`attributeNameFormat`	String	optional	If this attribute is present, provides additional filtering of the `RequestedAttribute`, such that it will only be matched if one of the following conditions is true: The value of `attributeNameFormat` attribute matches the value of the `NameFormat` XML attribute on the `RequestedAttribute` or The `NameFormat` XML attribute is not present or The value of the `NameFormat` XML attribute is `urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified` Use of the `attributeNameFormat` attribute is meaningless if `attributeName` is not present.
`matchIfMetadataSilent`	boolean	false	If the value of this attribute is true, then all input values are returned if the metadata contains no `<md:RequestedAttribute>` elements whatsoever. This attribute has no effect if the metadata contains one or more `<md:RequestedAttribute>` elements.
`onlyIfRequired`	boolean	true (erroneously false in release prior to 3.2, see here)	If the value of this attribute is true, and the `<md:RequestedAttribute>` element does not carry the `isRequired="true"` XML attribute, then no values are matched.
`attributeID`	String	optional	If this attribute is present, then this is a PolicyRule returning true if the Matcher, when applied to the attribute with this ID, matches any values. See AttributeValueString for an exmaple of how attributeID changes the meaning of a Matcher in a slightly less daunting environment.

Value matching is purely string based. Only string attribute values of the input attribute are inspected and they are compared with a string representation of each of the values in the RequestedAttribute. Only matching values are added to the Permit or Deny List.

AttributeInMetadata or MappedAttributeInMetadata?

AttributeInMetadata and MappedAttributeInMetadata are both matchers with significant overlap. In practice, use AttributeInMetadata if you require to coerce the attributeName or attributeNameFormat and MappedAttributeInMetadata if you need to compare non-string values, or are concerned about the extra costs of constantly performing the lookup in the metadata.

Child Elements

None

Example 1

<PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata" id="PermitRule" onlyIfRequired="true" matchIfMetadataSilent="true"/>

Example 2

Suppose an SP has the following requested attributes in metadata:

<md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="eduPersonPrincipalName"
   Name="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.6"
   NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>

<md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="displayName"
   Name="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241"
   NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>

<md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="mail"
   Name="urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.3"
   NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>

Then an IdP with the following configuration will release the indicated wire attributes to the above SP:

<afp:AttributeFilterPolicy id="releaseEssentialAttributesToAnySP">

  <afp:PolicyRequirementRule xsi:type="basic:ANY"/>

  <!-- assuming ePPN is non-reassigned -->
  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="eduPersonPrincipalName">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="displayName">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="email">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

</afp:AttributeFilterPolicy>

Such an IdP will not release attributes to an SP unless the indicated requested attributes are in SP metadata.

Example 3

Now suppose an SP has the following requested attributes in metadata:

<md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="metaSharedUserID"
   Name="http://example.org/attribute/metaSharedUserID"
   NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>

<md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="metaPersonName"
   Name="http://example.org/attribute/metaPersonName"
   NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>

<md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="metaEmailAddress"
   Name="http://example.org/attribute/metaEmailAddress"
   NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>

Then two IdPs with the following configurations will release the indicated wire attributes to the above SP:

<afp:AttributeFilterPolicy id="mapAndReleaseEssentialAttributesToAnySP">

  <afp:PolicyRequirementRule xsi:type="ANY"/>

  <!-- assuming ePPN is non-reassigned -->
  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="eduPersonPrincipalName">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"
        attributeName="http://example.org/attribute/metaSharedUserID"
        attributeNameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="displayName">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"
        attributeName="http://example.org/attribute/metaPersonName"
        attributeNameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="email">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"
        attributeName="http://example.org/attribute/metaEmailAddress"
        attributeNameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

</afp:AttributeFilterPolicy>

<afp:AttributeFilterPolicy id="mapAndReleaseEssentialAttributesToAnySP">

  <afp:PolicyRequirementRule xsi:type="ANY"/>

  <!-- assuming ePUId is non-reassigned by definition -->
  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="eduPersonUniqueId">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"
        attributeName="http://example.org/attribute/metaSharedUserID"
        attributeNameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="givenName">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"
        attributeName="http://example.org/attribute/metaPersonName"
        attributeNameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

  <afp:AttributeRule attributeID="email">
    <afp:PermitValueRule xsi:type="AttributeInMetadata"
        attributeName="http://example.org/attribute/metaEmailAddress"
        attributeNameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>

</afp:AttributeFilterPolicy>

Note that both IdPs have an attribute release policy that relies on the same set of requested attributes, but the requested attributes are mapped to different wire attributes in each case.