RE: [saml-dev] preserving query parameters in AssertionConsumerServiceURL

From
Scott Cantor <>
Date
2009-04-08T17:47:29+00:00
ID
05d401c9b872$12473990$36d5acb0$@
Thread
RE: [saml-dev] preserving query parameters in AssertionConsumerServiceURL
>> This will increase the risk of potential Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
>> because even without any authentication you store something in a session
>> or in a database, etc.

Another point, solely based on the original example/question, is that it's
also a bad idea to ever pass actual session ID material around to the IdP
and back anyway, especially in a redirect, since that gets logged all over.
That opens up the session back at the SP to lots of attack vectors, given
the stupidity of how most server-side sessions are implemented by
application servers. Lack of address checking, for example.

-- Scott