Shibboleth Developers

[Tom Scavo <>]

On 11/3/05, Scott Cantor 
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 wrote:
> > If I have to integrate my
> > middleware with Shib, why not layer in SAML interfaces as required?
>
> Biggest reason is language. Java, C++, C, C#, Perl, PHP, VB, Ruby,
> Python...which ones are we supposed to support?

Well, you already provide the first two so I'd say that's a good
start.  We could use C (since MyProxy is C) but that's our problem.

> This is the primary argument being used today by some to justify throwing
> out all the existing XML-based standards as unworkable on the Internet and
> reinventing everything back to name/value.

SAML has way too much traction right now so a REST approach (which is
what I think you're talking about) is probably not realistic.  That
said, we expect to extend the Shib AuthN Request Profile slightly to
accommodate our short-term needs.  That's an example of REST, isn't
it?

Tom