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Re: [Shib-Dev] Shibboleth IdP OpenID Extension


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  • From: Will Norris <>
  • To: Von Welch <>
  • Cc:
  • Subject: Re: [Shib-Dev] Shibboleth IdP OpenID Extension
  • Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:25:49 -0800

Unfortunately, not presently. There has been talk of deploying the extension
onto TestShib (or something similar), but nothing definitive.

-will

On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Von Welch wrote:

> Will,
>
> I'm interested in testing a particular OpenId SP implementation
> against this this IdP. Is there an equivalent of a testshib IdP
> w/openid support somewhere I can test against?
>
> (Yes, obviously I could deploy and configure one myself, but I'm
> hoping not to.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Von
>
> On 12/17/09 3:29 PM, Will Norris wrote:
>> As many people are aware, we've been working for the last few months to
>> add OpenID support to the Shibboleth IdP. I'm happy to say that we have
>> an initial IdP extension that is ready for testing by the general
>> Shibboleth community.
>>
>> In the process of developing this extension, we identified a number of
>> APIs in Shibboleth that cause considerable headache for supporting
>> non-SAML and non-XML based protocols. This is important to note for two
>> reasons. First, it means that not all the features we set out to support
>> are included in this initial release. Of particular note, there is
>> currently no support for user attributes. Second, as we continue to work
>> out these issues, I expect the extension to change quite considerably in
>> future releases... in terms of code, configuration, as well as features.
>>
>> This initial release is provided as a proof of concept, and should be
>> treated as such. It is not recommended to use this in anything remotely
>> resembling a production deployment. While we are committed to continuing
>> this work, and intend to provide an OpenID solution of the quality people
>> have come to expect of Shibboleth, this initial release is most certainly
>> not it.
>>
>> Will that being said, you can read more about the IdP OpenID Extension at:
>>
>> https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/SHIB2/IdP+OpenID
>>
>> Please direct any questions and feedback to this mailing list
>> (shibboleth-dev).
>




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