RemoteUser authnMethodHeader example?

Liam Hoekenga liamr at umich.edu
Tue Feb 7 10:10:15 EST 2017


I've put this in under the <web-app> element in web.xml and rebuilt my war
file, and it doesn't seem to be picking it up..

    <context-param>
        <param-name>authnMethodHeader</param-name>
        <param-value>UMAuthnContext</param-value>
    </context-param>

Liam

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:

> > Couldn't someone insert an illicit header on the browser side?
>
> If you don't use a header that your external method adequately controls.
> If you don't configure a header to check, it doesn't look. It's there for
> people with systems capable of safely utilizing it, often involving
> proxying where you might have tight controls over things.
>
> -- Scott
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