eduOrgIdentityAuthNPolicyURI

Submitted by Andreas Åkre Solberg [1] on 10 November, 2007 - 22:08

eduOrgIdentityAuthNPolicyURI

A short description

A URI pointing to the location of the organization's policy regarding identification and authentication

Usage

Utility class
[ Core | Standard | Extended ]
Basic applications like white pages and some authorization data.

Is attribute required?
Optional. Application selects whether it will support attribute or not.

Confidentiality
Low. Data well known from other sources.

Integrity
High. Values are required to be up to date, maximum 24 hours latency.

Availability
High. If the LDAP uses this attribute, it should as far as possible be provided for all. relevant objects. Authorization will fail if no value is available.

Details

Multiple values?
Multivalued

Value format
DirectoryString

Origin Attribute origin
eduOrg

LDAP

OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.2.1.3
Datatype: DirectoryString

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A URI pointing to the location of the organization's policy regarding identification and authentication (the issuance and use of digital credentials). Most often a URL, but with appropriate resolution mechanisms in place, could be a URN.
Primarily useful as a pointer to information relevant to judgment of risks in participating in inter- institutional resource sharing arrangements. Used in connection with certificates. Obtained from the certification policy of the relevant CA (CP).

Example applications for which this attribute would be useful:

Digital signatures, smart cards.

Examples

http://www.uchicago.edu/security/IA-Policy.html