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This page lists entity metadata values that are well known as source of operational issues affecting SAML2 implementations in eduGAIN. According to the severity of the issues, the eduGAIN OT may reject the feed containing the metadata. Whatever the action the eduGAIN OT will undertake, it will promptly contact the Identity Federation responsible for the feed and it will try to solve the issue without any service interruption if possible.


CodeConditionConditionsKnow Operational IssuesPossible actions
CR
  • an upstream metadata feed from an identity federation contains a CR (Carriage Return) as a literal character reference ("
"  or "
")
  • the feed is aggregated as is in the eduGAIN metadata
  • another identity federation pick up the eduGAIN metadata and republish it to their own parties leaving untouched the CR

(2016) Relying parties not able to validate the metadata

(2019-08-21) .NET based signature validation fails  (ADFSToolkit and other Powershell aggregate handlers impacted) - signaled by InCommon member to ADFSToolkit team via ADFSToolkit issue tracker , escalated and resolved by InCommon support. 

(2020) .NET based signature validation fails (ADFSToolkit and  other Powershell aggregate handlers not able to validate the metadata)

  • Warn and remedy by the Identity Federation responsible for the feed
  • Reject the upstream feed containing the CR

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