Shibboleth IdP V3 Interesting Features

• Improved upgrade and patching process

• Expanded authentication options

• Native CAS protocol support

• Advanced per-SP configuration options

• Supports multiple signing and encryption algorithms

• Supports inbound XML encryption

• Supports the SHA-256 digest algorithm by default

• Supports the metadata query (MDQ) protocol

• On-demand reload of configuration/metadata

• Extensible (via built-in scripting language)

• High availability (HA) option without additional software

• Single Logout support

• User consent (based on uApprove feature set)

• Internationalization
• Supports non-browser ECP profile (in some cases without any additional configuration)