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Ah ha! /That's/ the problem with Shibboleth -- every time anyone tries to implement it, they say it incorrectly and are subsequently killed, sending the institution back to square one. -Ross. On 3/23/07, David J. Fiander <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Ross! You're not supposed to actually _say_ it! > > - David > > On 22-Mar-07, at 23:37 , Ross Singer wrote: > > > On 3/22/07, Don McMorris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> Ryan's message (I guess seeing "academia") made me think of Athens, > >> which made me further think "Hey, Subscription Databases are just > >> ITCHING for OpenID!". I mean, come on... The methods we have for > >> database authentication aren't working well... > > > > > > Well, naturally, academia has thought of this and overengineered it to > > death: > > > > http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/ > > > > which is why it's taken 7years so far and there is still very few > > implementations. > > > > -Ross. > > -- > David J. Fiander > Digital Services Librarian > >