Federated Blackboard

[David Langenberg]

Thanks Steven

Dave


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Steven Carmody <steven_carmody at brown.edu>wrote:

> On 11/8/13 2:25 PM, David Langenberg wrote:
>
>> It's the original blackboard.
>>
>>
> someone at BlackBoard sent the attached file a couple of years ago. If
> this is out of date, let me know, and I'll match you up with the person who
> shared it.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Blackboard 9.1 - Guidance
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:06:59 -0700
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> George from Blackboard here. Steven was kind enough to forward your note
> along. I wanted to provide some updated guidance for Blackboard's support
> of Shibboleth on Linux/Solaris.
>
> We have had clients who have been successful using the older versions of
> Shibboleth on the older version of Apache which ships with Blackboard.
> Understandably this is not an optimal solution. Beginning in 9.1 SP8 due
> out later this year/early next, we are supporting Shibboleth 2.x natively
> and also Apache 2.x. In the interim, I'm supplying the attached document
> which describes how to front-end Blackboard with Apache 2.2 thereby
> allowing you to use the Shibboleth 2.x Apache module with Blackboard. This
> is a pre-release document that you can use to try out the configuration on
> a test/development server. I'll ask that you please don't distribute it
> widely (such as to a listserv). We'll have a more official document and
> support information available when SP8 is launched. With proper know-how,
> there's no reason this configuration would not be able to be used in
> production today.
>
> Thank you,
> -George
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Blackboard 9.1 - Guidance
> Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:17:20 -0500
> From:   Richard Wendel <richard.e.wendel at gmail.com>
> Reply-To:       Shib Users <users at shibboleth.net>
> To:     users at shibboleth.net
>
>
>
> I am looking for a little guidance on Blackboard integration. I am
> integration with ADFS (SAML2, not the ADFS module), but using Shibboleth
> per Blackboard's published instructions on how to integrate.
> Unfortunately, their instructions indicate using Shib 1.1 (which I am
> having trouble trying build at the moment).
>
> I wanted to find out if anyone was using the Blackboard Shibboleth
> authentication module with current (2.4.x) software and what additional
> steps were needed. I have already repackaged the RPM for Apache 1.3.41 that
> is included in Blackboard 9.1. I have it passing me to a "secure"
> area after successfully authenticating against my ADFS, so it appears that
> my Apache integration specifically of Shibboleth works fine.
>
> My guess is that I believe previous versions used the Header vars to pass
> info, and current uses the Env vars. In addition, they recommend a separate
> mapped var (ShibMapAttribute) when using Ajp1.2 (which is what is there)
> since REMOTE_USER doesn't get sent properly, which isn't an Apache
> directive in the current versions of Shib.
>
> Also, is there a way to log/capture the unencrypted claims after attribute
> mapping in Shib so I can verify the claims mapping from ADFS to what Shib
> expects like eppn, etc.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Richard
>
>
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David Langenberg
Identity & Access Management
The University of Chicago
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