Hostnames fake & EntitiesID

Peter Schober peter.schober at univie.ac.at
Fri May 24 05:47:16 EDT 2013


* Tom Zeller <tzeller at dragonacea.biz> [2013-05-23 18:46]:
> >> why not add 2 more loopback addresses
> >> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> >> 127.0.0.2       hosta.shibboleth.net
> >> 127.0.0.3       hostb.heise.de
> >
> > How is this better than
> >
> >> 127.0.0.1       localhost hosta.shibboleth.net hostb.heise.de
> 
> Ports ? It was easier for me to deploy a test IdP and SP on the same
> box using multiple loopback addresses than changing port
> configurations from their default.

Right, the documentation has a single process (webserver) serving up
both the IdP and the SP on port 443, in order to avoid any of that:
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPSPLocalTestInstall
-peter


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