[xacml] Comparing KeyInfos. Forwarded message from john howard.

Topic for discussion.  John Howard has been implementing XACML for Reuters.  -Anne

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From: "john howard" <>
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Subject: Comparing KeyInfos
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 13:04:25 +0100  Hi Anne,  In a couple of the conformance tests (IIB016, 11B017) there is a requirement to compare KeyInfos.  The comparison is performed as a string-match even though the data type is KeyInfo.  As KeyInfos can be compared in a number of ways the string-match would appear inadequate.  e.g. In the simple case <ds:KeyInfo> 	<ds:KeyName>jhibbert-key</ds:KeyName> </ds:KeyInfo>  would not match  <ds:KeyInfo> 	<ds:KeyName>jhibbert-key</ds:KeyName> 	<ds:KeyValue>....</ds:KeyValue> </ds:KeyInfo>  Although the KeyInfos are the same.  Is there a need for a keyinfo-match function or is there a more generic object-match that would match based on the data type and therefore be completely extendable.  John.

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