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[Tom Scavo <trscavo AT internet2.edu>]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Andy Bennett <andyjpb AT knodium.com> wrote:
> On 28/11/14 15:57, Mikael Linden wrote:
>> I can't see how R&S helps Jozef to solve his problem.
>
> I think the idea would be to ensure that the authorization can be done
> with the attributes.

I agree that is probably the best way to solve this problem (as I
understand it).

> You could say something like "allow affiliations
> matching 'faculty@*.edu'" if you were guaranteed to get the
> scoped-affiliation attribute.

That attribute is not strictly required from R&S IdPs, which is yet
another reason why R&S is probably not the solution we're looking for.

> This can't be done with metadata alone: even accredited universities
> give visitor and guest accounts out.

Exactly. Which is why this is a user attribute problem, not an entity
attribute problem.

Tom