Shibboleth SP 2.6 and Apache 2.2 config

[Lipscomb, Gary]

Hi list,

We currently restrict access to our Devel and QA environments use a local file on our web server. The current apache conf file [1] is shown. We are changing to use  group membership for this access control and have configured intercepts in the IdP (v3.3.1) to control this (working).

What I'm unsure about are the " ShibRequestSetting requireSession 1" and "require shib-session"  in the proposed new conf [2] doing the same thing. Do I need both or only one of them?

- requireSession (boolean) (defaults to false)
          Master trigger that will require an authenticated session. If none exists, the SP will try to automatically establish one using the default SessionInitiator.

- shib-session (Shibboleth V2.5.2 and Later) (Apache 2.4 and Later OR ShibCompatWith24)
           A rule that requires an authenticated session, but nothing else. No information of any kind about the user is required in order to satisfy this rule and it should never be used in the absence of additional application logic to perform authorization

Regards

Gary

[0] server environ

Server RHEL6
Apache 2.2
Shibboleth SP 2.6


[1] existing .conf config
  <Location />
    AuthType shibboleth
    ShibRequestSetting requireSession 1
    AuthGroupFile /yyyy/auth/webgroups.dat
    AuthDBMGroupFile /yyyy/auth/dbmgroup

    <IfDefine DEVEL>
      ShibRequestSetting applicationId xxxxdevel.csu.edu.au
      require group xxxxdevel
    </IfDefine>

    <IfDefine QA>
      ShibRequestSetting applicationId xxxxqa.csu.edu.au
      require group xxxxqa
    </IfDefine>

    <IfDefine PROD>
      ShibRequestSetting applicationId xxxx.csu.edu.au
      require valid-user
    </IfDefine>

  </Location>



[2] new .conf config

  <Location />
    AuthType shibboleth
    ShibRequestSetting requireSession 1
    ShibCompatWith24 on

    <IfDefine DEVEL>
      ShibRequestSetting applicationId xxxxdevel.csu.edu.au
      require shib-session
    </IfDefine>

    <IfDefine QA>
      ShibRequestSetting applicationId xxxxqa.csu.edu.au
      require shib-session
    </IfDefine>

    <IfDefine PROD>
      ShibRequestSetting applicationId xxxx.csu.edu.au
      require shib-session
    </IfDefine>

  </Location>

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