Question on response status codes on auth failure

[Dave Perry]

We just render out the error message the IdP gives on our error page, and put a note below it saying if they keep having problems then email our elearning support address with the error message and username. Then take it from there.


Dave

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Dave Perry
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-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces at shibboleth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Schober
Sent: 23 June 2015 13:50
To: Shib Users
Subject: Re: Question on response status codes on auth failure

* Stefan Santesson <stefan at aaa-sec.com> [2015-06-23 12:41]:
> Of course, except for the two conditions that I have no control over.
> 
> 1) The user hit the ³cancel button²

The default login page doesn't have such a button, IIRC.
My own certainly doesn't.

> 2) The user enters wrong credentials/PIN/password or user does not exisit.

If we sent people "back" to the SP with a SAML error code, instead of letting them try again without that typo they put into the username or password form field, they'd be storming the IT offices with torches, I would imagine.
-peter
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