Chris, one thing that would be a very useful addition to this wiki would be
a diagram of the authentication process similar to the one you set up for
cookieauth:

http://www1.umn.edu/is/cookieauth/aboutcah.html

Dale Trexel
Web Manager
U of M Law School


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Christopher Bongaarts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Aaron J. Zirbes wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Per my notes from last Friday, I've put up my version of the Shibboleth
>> configuration guide on the U
>> of MN Wiki.
>>
>
> Thanks for this.  This is exactly the sort of thing I hoped would start to
> pop up on the wiki.
>
> I looked over it quickly and it looked good.  I will try to go over it more
> closely later, too.
>
>
>  There should be enough there to get you started, if not get through the
>> whole process.
>>
>> Don't forget you need to contact the Identity Management team before you
>> begin.  They are
>> [log in to unmask]  They are very helpful and did a great job helping me
>> through the process.
>>
>
> This can be very helpful.  For example, if you have a PHP application, then
> depending on how your application uses authentication, it might make sense
> to use the Shibboleth SP (and pull attributes from environment variables) or
> simpleSAMLphp for more direct integration.
>
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