[6.8] Remove limitation for SAML encryption in FIPS mode (#48948) #49022
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Our documentation regarding FIPS 140 claimed that when using SAML in a JVM that is configured in FIPS approved only mode, one could not use encrypted assertions. This stemmed from a wrong understanding regarding the compliance of RSA-OAEP which is used as the key wrapping algorithm for encrypting the key with which the SAML Assertion is encrypted. However, as stated for instance in https://downloads.bouncycastle.org/fips-java/BC-FJA-SecurityPolicy-1.0.0.pdf RSA-OAEP is approved for key transport, so this limitation is not effective. This change removes the limitation from our FIPS 140 related documentation.
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Backports the following commits to 6.8: