some definitionA piece of information provided by Shibboleth to an Application about a User for the Application to use. Examples include: A List of Classes; A Globally Unique Identifier; Preferred Name; Favorite Ice Cream.
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attribute authority
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some definitionA data source that contains the values of Attributes provided by Shibboleth. There should be only one source for a specific attribute. Different attributes may come from different authorities.
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identity provider (IdP)
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some definitionPart of a Single Sign-On system that contains the actual information & process used to Authenticate an user. It will have a record for each user that it can Authenticate.
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The concept that a user can Authenticate once so that multiple applications and/or resources which can apply proper Authorization to grant (or deny) access for that user. Shibboleth is a package that enables single sign-on (sso) for web applications and resources.