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remove MFA as a requirement #57

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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Each level includes the previous level (_e.g._ SL3 includes the requirements of

| IPSIE<br>LEVEL| Application (aka RP) | Identity Service |
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| SL1 | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 compliance <br>- Session lifetime MUST be set from the assertion | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 Compliance <br> - MUST enforce MFA and communicate an authentication class to the Application |
| SL1 | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 compliance <br>- Session lifetime MUST be set from the assertion | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 Compliance <br> - MUST enforce phishing resistance (such as MFA, or passkeys) and communicate an authentication class to the Application |
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| SL1 | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 compliance <br>- Session lifetime MUST be set from the assertion | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 Compliance <br> - MUST enforce phishing resistance (such as MFA, or passkeys) and communicate an authentication class to the Application |
| SL1 | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 compliance <br>- Session lifetime MUST be set from the assertion | - MUST meet NIST 800-63-4 FAL2 Compliance <br> - MUST enforce a higher class of authentication than Single-Factor Authentication (SFA), such as MFA or passkeys, and communicate the authentication class used, to the Application |

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Attempt to address @dhs-BI comment.

| SL2 | - MUST terminate sessions at the request of the Identity Service| - MUST enforce authentication method requests from Application |
| SL3 | - MUST communicate session state changes to Identity Service | - MUST communicate user, session, and device state changes to the Application |
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