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Can I Use the same certificate for Token Security and Protocol Security in SAML2?


Can I use the same certificate issued by a certificate authority to sign the security token of SAML assertion and also for HTTPS SSL on IIS?

I am using ColdFusion to create the SAML Response and used Java Keytool to create the certifcate.


Solution

  • Can you? Yes. Should you? No. It's better to use a self - signed cert than to share them. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen an admin screw up and send out their private key for their HTTPS cert.