RFC extensions to Shibboleth

[Andrea Biancini]

Hi all,
I'm writing to describe and request comments about some extensions to
Shibboleth auth methods we've been working on.
The three extensions are:

   1. *An extension to permit the authentication of non web-based
   applications.*
   To achieve this result we have developed some library to permit the
   authentication of non web-based application.
   These libraries are written for Java and Pyhton and use the Basic
   Authentication login handler of Shibboleth.

   2. *Integration of Shibboleth as mean of authentication for Linux users.*
   We have developed a PAM and a NSS module to permit linux boxes to
   authenticate users via Shibboleth by requesting username+password and using
   the Basic Authentication login module.

   3. *An extension to permit the authentication with S3 authentication
   schemes.*
   We have developed a specific login handler to implement the
   authentication mechanisms of the Amazon S3 protocol.

All the code written is available on github at this link:
https://github.com/biancini/Shibboleth-Authentication

We would really appreciate feedback on the work done in order to understand
with the community if the direction taken is good or if some review may be
suggested.
Thanks and regards,
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