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The Shibboleth 2.0 SP Infocard plugin adds a session initiator and
assertion consumer service to support Information Card login.

Session Initiator

An infocard login is triggered by the submission of a form containing either an application/x-informationcard object or an ic:informationCard XHTML element. This form also identifies all attributes that are required or are optional. The plugin's configuration requires specification of a page template for this form. It can be set to auto-submit. For example:

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• The initiator's id attribute
  can be referenced by a .htaccess or Location apache
  configuration ShibRequireSessionWith directive to request infocard login.

Assertion Consumer Service

The target of the posted login form is the infocard plugin's assertion
consumer service, configured:

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• Decrypts the assertion, which has been encrypted with the
  public key of one of the SP's certificates.

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