help required on shibboleth+testshib

[Cantor, Scott]

On 3/18/15, 2:10 PM, "Akshik dbk" <akshik at outlook.com> wrote:
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>so is it recommended to change my entry id to something like and test the functionality
>http://115.112.68.53:5000/Shibboleth.sso/Metadata 

No. There should never be an IP address or a port in any entityID because that's a clear sign of somebody trying to make up an unstable name, and it is never a good idea to directly tie an entityID to some implementation specific location.

Entirely a bad idea, start to finish.

-- Scott