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Software Concepts

The Shibboleth V2 IdP and SP software have reached End of Life and are no longer supported. This documentation is available for historical purposes only. See the IDP v4 and SP v3 wiki spaces for current documentation on the supported versions.

Software Concepts

Owned by Scott Cantor
Last updated: Jul 13, 2021

A general set of topics about Shibboleth can be found in the Shibboleth Concepts wiki space. The following are supplemental topics specific to the Shibboleth V2 IdP and SP software products.

A page describing key differences with the older V1 software is here.

Identity Provider (IdP)

Authentication and Sessions
Service Provider / Relying Party types

Native Service Provider (SP)

Software Architecture
How Attributes are Retrieved
Services, Applications, and Resources
Can a single installed SP protect many servers?

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