[wp-edu] Shibboleth plugin

[Skip Knox]

I think SSL is one of the mods our developer did. Or got what was there to
work properly in our environment. At any rate, our login is definitely SSL.
But yeah, the federated thing is an issue, and not just with WordPress.

Shibboleth keeps lurking around the back room, but we haven't got it
integrated into anything yet.

Skip Knox
Boise State University



On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Laverty, Patrick <Patrick_Laverty at brown.edu
> wrote:

> Thanks Skip, there are a number of problems with the LDAP plugin for us.
>  For one, the connection between the WP and LDAP server is not SSL'd
> (thought I might have seen an update recently that it is).  But the bigger
> need for us is to have federated access, which clearly LDAP doesn't offer.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com on behalf of Skip Knox
> Sent: Mon 2/22/2010 4:12 PM
> To: wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-edu] Shibboleth plugin
>
> We're using an LDAP plugin, slightly modified. It talks to our Active
> Directory. The only issue we've come up against so far is that for blogs
> that need non-University members, we have to create a separate instance
> with
> separate rules. Since we're still pre-implementation at this point, I can't
> say how well it will work out or even how often it will be used.
>
>
> Skip Knox
> Boise State University
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Laverty, Patrick <
> Patrick_Laverty at brown.edu
> > wrote:
>
> >  Is anyone else using the Shibboleth plugin for Wordpress, preferably MU?
> >  We're looking to use it for groups management especially with course
> blogs,
> > but it's not quite ready for that, plus it will not work with the new WP
> > 3.0.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone else worrying about this or thinking about solutions?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Patrick
> >
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