Shibboleth Developers

[Karsten Huneycutt <>]

Hello --

Rather than immediately jump in with my opinions, I'll ask:  what are  
the advantages/disadvantages of each approach as you see them?

KH

On 22 Sep 2009, at 01:35 , Chad La Joie wrote:

> This has come up a couple times and I'd just like to gauge the  
> current feeling on the topic.
>
> Currently the IdP is bundled as a standard Java web application  
> (WAR). This means that people have to set up a Servlet container of  
> some sort in order to run the IdP.  My thinking for a while has been  
> that we should move to a model where the IdP is a standalone  
> application.  That is, it would require that Java be installed but  
> otherwise would be fully self-contained.
>
> Do you agree with this?
>
> If this were the *only* distribution (i.e. no more WAR) would this  
> be a problem for you?
>
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