Electronic Identity Authentication Certificate

Active / In Use

Full Formal Attribute Name

gfipm:2.0:user:ElectronicIdentityAuthenticationCertificate

Abbreviated Formal Attribute Name

ElectronicIdentityAuthenticationCertificate

Definition

An electronic certificate issued to the user by the user's identity provider organization in accordance with the identity provider organization's certificate policy. The certificate provides a cryptographic binding between the electronic identity on which this assertion is based and an associated public/private key pair. It is represented in X.509 v3, base-64 encoded format.

Data Type

Base-64 Binary

Version Number

2.0

Usage Information

Note that this attribute may cause problems for some COTS products (including certain SAML implementations) if the certificate data contains line breaks.

Example Content

None Provided

NIEM Xpath

N/A

NIEM Definition

N/A

Source

GFIPM Metadata Straw Man

Misc. Notes

None Provided

Aliases