Populating SAML Tokens

The SAMLTokenProvider has a "ConditionsProvider conditionsProvider" property, which can be used to configure the generated Conditions statement which is added to the SAML Assertion. The ConditionsProvider has a method to return a ConditionsBean object, and a method to return a lifetime in seconds. The ConditionsBean holds properties such as the not-before and not-after dates, etc. The SAMLTokenProvider ships with a default ConditionsProvider implementation that is used to insert a Conditions statement in every SAML token that is generated. This implementation uses a default lifetime of 30 minutes, and set the Audience Restriction URI of the Conditions Statement to be the received "AppliesTo" address, which is obtained from the TokenProviderParameters object.

The DefaultConditionsProvider can be configured to change the lifetime of the issued token. If you want to remove the ConditionsProvider altogether from the generation assertion, or implement a custom Conditions statement, then you must implement an instance of the ConditionsProvider interface, and set it on the SAMLTokenProvider.

The SAMLTokenProvider has a "SubjectProvider subjectProvider" property, which can be used to configure the Subject of the generated token, regardless of the version of the token. The SubjectProvider interface defines a single method to return a SubjectBean, given the token provider parameters, the parent Document of the assertion, and a secret key to use (if any). The SubjectBean contains the Subject name, name-qualifier, confirmation method, and KeyInfo element, amongst other properties. The SAMLTokenProvider ships with a default SubjectProvider implementation that is used to insert a Subject into every SAML Token that is generated.

The DefaultSubjectProvider has a single configuration method to set the subject name qualifier. It creates a subject confirmation method by checking the received key type. The subject name is the name of the principal obtained from TokenProviderParameters. Finally, a KeyInfo element is set on the SubjectBean under the following conditions:

• If a "SymmetricKey" Key Type algorithm is specified by the client, then the secret key passed through to the SubjectProvider is encrypted with the X509Certificate of the recipient, and added to the KeyInfo element. How the provider knows the public key of the recipient will be covered subsequently.
• If a "PublicKey" KeyType algorithm is specified by the client, the X509Certificate that is received as part of the "UseKey" request is inserted into the KeyInfo element of the Subject.

If a "Bearer" KeyType algorithm is specified by the client, then no KeyInfo element is added to the Subject. For the "SymmetricKey" Key Type case, the SAMLTokenProvider creates a secret key using a SymmetricKeyHandler instance. The SymmetricKeyHandler first checks the key size that is supplied as part of the KeyRequirements object, by checking that it fits in between a minimum and maximum key size that can be configured. It also checks any client entropy that is supplied, as well as the computed key algorithm. It then creates some entropy and a secret key.

To add a custom Subject element to an assertion, you must create your own SubjectProvider implementation, and set it on the SAMLTokenProvider.

The SAMLTokenProvider has a "List<AttributeStatementProvider> attributeStatementProviders" property, which can be used to add AttributeStatments to the generated assertion. Each object in the list adds a single attribute statement. The AttributeStatementProvider contains a single method to return an AttributeStatementBean given the TokenProviderParameters object. This contains a SubjectBean (for SAML 1.1 assertions), and a list of AttributeBeans. The AttributeBean object holds the attribute name/qualified-name/name-format, and a list of attribute values, amongst other properties.

If no statement provider is configured in the SAMLTokenProvider, then the DefaultAttributeStatementProvider is invoked to create an Attribute statement to add to the assertion. It creates a default authenticated attribute, and also creates separate attributes for any OnBehalfOf or ActAs elements that were received in the request. If the received OnBehalfOf/ActAs element was a UsernameToken, then the username is added as an attribute. If the received element was a SAML Assertion, then the subject name is added as an attribute.

The SAMLTokenProvider has a "List<AuthenticationStatementProvider> authenticationStatementProviders" property, which can be used to add AuthenticationStatements to the generated assertion. Each object in the list adds a single Authentication statement. The AuthenticationStatementProvider contains a single method to return an AuthenticationStatementBean given the TokenProviderParameters object. This contains a SubjectBean (for SAML 1.1 assertions), an authentication instant, authentication method, and other properties. No default implementation of the AuthenticationStatementProvider interface is provided in the STS, so if you want to issue Authentication Statements you will have to write your own.

The SAMLTokenProvider has a "List<AuthDecisionStatementProvider> authDecisionStatementProviders" property, which can be used to add AuthzDecisionStatements to the generated assertion. Each object in the list adds a single statement. The AuthDecisionStatementProvider contains a single method to return an AuthDecisionStatementBean given the TokenProviderParameters object. This contains a SubjectBean (for SAML 1.1 assertions), the decision (permit/indeterminate/deny), the resource URI, a list of ActionBeans, amongst other properties. No default implementation of the AuthDecisionStatementProvider interface is provided in the STS.

Note that for SAML 1.1 tokens, the Subject is embedded in one of the Statements. When creating a SAML 1.1 Assertion, if a given Authentication/Attribute/AuthzDecision statement does not have a subject, then the standalone Subject is inserted into the statement. Finally, once a SAML token has been created, it is stored in the cache (if one is configured), with a lifetime corresponding to that of the Conditions statement. A TokenProviderResponse object is created with the DOM representation of the SAML Token, the SAML Token ID, lifetime, entropy bytes, references, etc.