Shibboleth Developers

[Ian Young <>]

Alistair Young wrote:

> HTTP_SHIB
>
> is this the "standard" for interop? Is there a reason why an attribute is
> prefixed with HTTP_SHIB?
>
> Presumably an application has to "bind" itself to a particular
> implementation of the Shibboleth profile. Either that or a standard is
> adopted in attribute naming in the headers.
>
> Is HTTP_SHIB the de facto standard that all other implementations should
> conform to?

Its nothing to do with interop or the Shibboleth profile.  The names of 
headers are a private matter between the person configuring the SP and 
the application the headers are delivered to.  I could have called it 
Foo-Bar if I wanted and no-one would have been the wiser.

        -- Ian