Re: [saml-dev] multi-IDP federations in commercial sectors?

[Will Hartung <willh@mirthcorp.com>]

How else do apps "discover" their IdP? Are there profiles for these?

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2@osu.edu> wrote:
> On 8/26/13 4:24 PM, "bbbrandt@mmm.com" <bbbrandt@mmm.com> wrote:
>
>>Would need more detail on the use case, but this is quite common in IaaS
>>(e.g. box.net) and SaaS ERP players (of which there are many).
>
> That would be a manual/bilateral relationship, in contrast to an actual
> multi-lateral entity facilitating trust between many parties. It's a very
> different model and one that has very different operational
> characteristics (assuming software that actually works) from the typical
> bilateral approach.
>
> I tend to use the term "outsourced" over "federated" for systems that
> require me to manually enter all of my IdP information into an app (or if
> somebody else has to do that for me).
>
> -- Scott
>
>
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