shibboleth authentication used by 32-bit applications

[Cantor, Scott]

On 10/28/13, 9:30 AM, "Nickles, Brent" <bnick001 at umaryland.edu> wrote:

> 
>So my confusion/question; can I install 32-bit shib on this server and
>all should be ok?   Or is the only solution to have 32-bit OS/IIS and
>install 32-bit shib.

The 64-bit install includes both sets of files, and you can switch between
them by manually changing the DLL path involved in the IIS configuration.

It was assumed to be the case that the shibd service had to match this,
and there are SetService32/64 batch scripts in etc/shibboleth. However
there have been people reporting that it works fine mixing those, which
means that changing the IIS configuration is probably all that's needed,
and the shibd path in the SCM can be left alone.

Moreover, there are apparently options in IIS I have no familiarity with
that allow one to run both sets of DLLs at once, which makes it possible
to do both. Unless you actually have that need, you should just pick one.
If you need both at once, please search the archives for the thread about
it. It's something to do with telling IIS not to load a particular filter
or extension depending on the architecture of the app pool.

-- Scott