SessionInitiator equivalent of SSO

Cantor, Scott cantor.2 at osu.edu
Sat Dec 6 16:01:31 EST 2014


On 12/5/14, 11:32 PM, "Matt MacAdam" <mattjm at uw.edu> wrote:

>At least that's what I observed while helping out one of our users
>here--I could be misinterpreting something.  *If* I'm correct...I
>assume the <SSO> element registers whatever is listed in
>protocols.xml?

Yes.

>For the curious...this all started because Word handles links in
>documents partly through an internal browser and often breaks SSO.
>One of our users wanted to fix this, and was using a workaround
>published at:
>
>https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/aai/documentation/sp/linksfromoffi
>cetosp.html
>
>It works, but you have to either keep the <SSO> element, or create the
>ACS endpoints manually (blech).

Neither. Just set the property in the SSO element.

This is why it's a mistake to create documentation like that. It loses 
relevance and misleads people any time things change. If people want to 
document something, they should do it in the wiki, because then it will be 
maintained.

-- Scott



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