Shibboleth Developers

["Josh Howlett" <>]

> Josh Howlett wrote on 2009-03-24:
> > I read in NativeSPMetadataProvider that the SP supports 
> > "authentication of the transport layer used to acquire the metadata 
> > [using] the same underlying code used for SOAP client 
> communication" 
> > for the Dynamic MetadataProvider.
> > 
> > Is that the same code that is referred to in 
> NativeSPApplication for 
> > "back-channel" communication, or something entirely different?
> 
> It's the same.

Ok. The reason I ask is because the configuration options for the SP
dynamic metadata provider imply that it is only possible to establish by
applying a <TrustEngine> to the metadata publisher's server certificate,
whereas NativeSPApplication permits a broader range of authentication
options.

I assume that the reason for this is that there wasn't a use-case for
using any of these other authentication options?

josh.


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