Shibboleth Developers

["Jones, Mark B" <>]

So we have a few Shib enabled Java Web applications that run on Tomcat with 
Apache in front running the SP.  Are you saying that we could run the 
proposed Java SP on our Tomcat server and eliminate the need for Apache Web 
server?

Would the SP run in the servlet container?
If yes would you be able to run multiple SPs in the same container?

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Subject: Re: [Shib-Dev] Return of the Java SP... again

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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