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The requested LoA is seen as a minimum LoA. The Strong Authentication gateway The SURFsecureID gateway can perform authentication at a higher LoA, in which case the higher level will be expressed in the returned SAML Assertion.

The requested LoA is passed to the Strong Authentication gateway the SURFsecureID gateway in an AuthnContextClassRef element in a RequestedAuthnContext element in the SAML AuthnRequest:

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titleAuthnRequest with a request for authentication at LoA 2
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<samlp:AuthnRequest xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"
                    xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"
                    ID="_ace040cdf97c2efba5aa4d973a32318217b9aaae09"
                    Version="2.0"
                    IssueInstant="2014-05-26T06:47:27Z"
                    Destination="https://sa-gw.surfconext.nl/authentication/single-sign-on"
                    >
    <saml:Issuer>http://test-sp.example.com</saml:Issuer>
    <samlp:RequestedAuthnContext>
        <saml:AuthnContextClassRef>http://surfconext.nl/assurance/loa2</saml:AuthnContextClassRef>
    </samlp:RequestedAuthnContext>
</samlp:AuthnRequest>

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All AuthnRequest messages must be signed by the SP using SHA-2. The HTTP-REDIRECT binding must be used to submit the request: the signature is put in HTTP request parameters (no XML-Signature is used).

Authentication failure

When authentication fails, it is generally because the user:

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titleUser cancels authentication
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 <samlp:Response xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"
                xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"
                ID="_Yasz/Kubip05bTwe7hIWOc5As+NxwmEliPJ88nUQ"
                Version="2.0"
                IssueInstant="2015-05-12T12:17:38Z"
                Destination="https://your-sp.example.com/acs-location"
                InResponseTo="_6d93f735ccfb8d98454999b4016d515834211b0dde"
                >
    <saml:Issuer>https://sa-gw.surfconext.nl/authentication/metadata</saml:Issuer>
    <samlp:Status>
        <samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Responder">
            <samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:AuthnFailed" />
        </samlp:StatusCode>
		<samlp:StatusMessage>Authentication cancelled by user</samlp:StatusMessage> 
	</samlp:Status>
</samlp:Response>
Info
Known issue: cancelling a Tiqr authentication does not work.
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titleUser does not have suitable second factor identification
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 <samlp:Response xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"
                xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"
                ID="_Yasz/Kubip05bTwe7hIWOc5As+NxwmEliPJ88nUQ"
                Version="2.0"
                IssueInstant="2015-05-12T12:17:38Z"
                Destination="https://your-sp.example.com/acs-location"
                InResponseTo="_6d93f735ccfb8d98454999b4016d515834211b0dde"
                >
    <saml:Issuer>https://sa-gw.surfconext.nl/authentication/metadata</saml:Issuer>
    <samlp:Status>
        <samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Requester">
            <samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:NoAuthnContext" />
        </samlp:StatusCode>		
	</samlp:Status>
</samlp:Response>