SP will not provide metadata file: maybe it's not necessary?

[Paul Hethmon]

Tell them to put on their big boy pants and create one. No exceptions. No incorrect assumptions on your part.

I will supply them an example metadata file. What you’re describing will only take about 10 lines of xml to create.

> On Aug 2, 2016, at 12:25 PM, shibboleth655 at lewenberg.com wrote:
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> This vendor implies that an SP metadata file is not necessary. I realize that we could construct their metadata file for them with the information they provided, but, frankly, we don't want to: we feel it sets a bad precedent.
> 
> However, I am still new to Shibboleth, so I am thinking: maybe there _is_ some way to set up an SP in Shibboleth without corresponding metadata. Is there?
> 
> If not, and they are simply expecting us to construct the metadata for them, I am interested in the opinion of others who run IdPs: do you construct metadata for these sorts of SPs?

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Paul Hethmon
Chief Software Architect
paul.hethmon at clareitysecurity.com