RP Enablement

Overview

RP Enablement is a family of components that are used to create Relying Party sites. Separate sub-Components in this category have been and will be created to act as Relying Party Agents for different protocol (and/or interaction type) families.

For example the RSS-SSE RP Test App Component is used to test interactions between it and the Higgins Browser Extension.

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As of the Higgins 07.04.30 f2f, Higgins will deliver a Relying Party Layer (RPL). The initial focus of RPL will be on defining the requirements for the support and evaluating which open source initiatives may have some complementary technologies/solutions that may be relevant. RPL will provide cross browser and protocol support, while preparing for unknown future protocols. To assure that the Identity Metasystem and the Higgins architecture is successful, it is imperative that RPL usage be as easy as possible.

Abbreviations

1. IdA = Identity Agent/Identity Selector
2. IdP = Identity Provider
3. RP = Relying Party
4. RPL = Relying Party Layer

RPL Requirements

1. Protocol support
   1. CardSpace
   2. OpenID 2.0
   3. yet to be determined
2. Browser Support
   1. IE7
   2. FireFox 2.0 with CS Extension
   3. Opera
3. Develop set of utilities/libraries to assist in RP creation
   1. library type ?
      1. javascript/ecmascript
      2. vbscript/aspx
      3. java classes
      4. c# classes
   2. Generation of Identity Agent Trigger mechanism <object ...
   3. Generation of RP Policy tokens <object ...
   4. Generation of Privacy Statement for IdA retrieval
   5. IdA Response Token validation
   6. IdA Response Token disassembly
   7. IdA Response Token claim data accessibility
   8. Token PPID validation ( to IdP )
   9. Token timestamp validation
   10. Generic keystore for RP Cert retrieval
   11. WebServer Platforms
       1. Apache
       2. IIS
   12. J2EE Server Platforms
       1. Tomcat
       2. Weblogic
       3. Websphere
       4. JBoss

There are a few initiatives underway that may provide a basis for RPL support. Specificially, the Pamela Project, and xmldap.org. Hopefully we can collaborate with them on providing a consistent RPL.

See Also

• Higgins Wiki
• Architecture
• Components