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Re: Attribute Queries in Shib 2


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  • From: Ian Young <>
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  • Subject: Re: Attribute Queries in Shib 2
  • Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:23:57 +0100
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Jim Fox wrote:

> It would be a sorry state of affairs if
> Shibboleth, which started out with an idea of protecting the user, now
> goes the opposite direction and considers its users an enemy

I strongly agree, in almost all cases, and I'm certainly not advocating
any kind of change of posture. I believe, however, that there are some
exceptions to the general rule which justify avoiding exposing attribute
values to the user *as a side effect of the protocol*.

-- Ian



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