Shibboleth Developers

[Chad La Joie <>]

I'm referring to the same work you would need to do to make an existing 
application work with the current C++ SP.  So, getting it to initiate 
authentication, read data from headers instead of some internal store, etc.

As to why a person might want a Java SP vs the C++ one, I personally 
think it comes to what you want/need your environment to look like.  The 
C++ SP requires you to have a webserver in front of your Servlet 
container, maybe that's not acceptable due to lack of skill or the 
additional complexity it adds (i.e. two more process that could fail and 
take down your site).

On 8/25/10 4:55 PM, Jones, Mark B wrote:
> Chad, We would be very interested in a Java SP but I'm not sure if
> our vision of a Java SP matches with what is proposed.  Can you
> summarize what work would have to be done outside the SP?  If I
> understand what you mean by "externalizing authentication" (and I'm
> not sure I understand) then I don't see that a Java implementation
> would be of any added value.  What are the expected advantages of a
> Java SP over existing implementations?


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