External authentication on a different system than the IdP

[Ian Rifkin]

Hi,

You are *not* describing the ExternalAuthn login handler here (which
> is the topic at hand), you're talking about the RemoteUser login
> handler. While that also allows to "externalize" authentication the
> implementation and the flows talked about above are very different.
>

Good point, Peter. That is correct. My example is a way to use an external
authentication mechanism using the RemoteUser login handler. I read (or
mis-read?) the original question as being more general than tied to a
particular approach. If I was mistaken I apologize for confusing things!

Ian
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