1 Shibboleth is a federated web authentication and attribute exchange system
2 based on SAML, originally developed by Internet2 and now a product of the
5 Please review the terms described in the LICENSE.txt file before using this
6 code. It is the standard Apache 2.0 license.
8 A wealth of information about Shibboleth can be found at
11 Shibboleth is divided into identity and service provider components, with the
12 IdP in Java and the SP (this software) in C++.
14 Source and binary distributions are available from
15 http://shibboleth.net/downloads/
17 The source is available in Subversion, as described in the Shibboleth
18 site. Mailing lists and a bug database (https://issues.shibboleth.net/) are
21 For basic information on building from source, using binaries, and deploying
22 Shibboleth, refer to the web site and Wiki for the latest documentation.