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[Peter Schober <peter.schober AT univie.ac.at>]

Hey,

Lukas has given you the closest to what you're probably after.
Some more general remarks on the process:

* Niels van Dijk <niels.vandijk AT surfnet.nl> [2015-01-12 13:38]:
> I'm setting up 2 services for eduGAIN. As part of my documentation I
> would like to point the IdPs to the 'local' eduGAIN metadata feed of
> their national federation, which should at some point will contain the
> metadata of my services.

Since those IDPs are members of their local federation, they should
know where to find their own federation's SAML metadata or
documentation or support channel(s), no?

I wouldn't want any SP to join eduGAIN having to explain to any/all
IDPs from my own federation how our federation works or where/how to
securely use our metadata.

If this is about IDPs not yet in eduGAIN (i.e., federations not having
adopted an opt-out regime yet) I think all you should do is tell them
to talk to their local federation operator -- and probably also cc:
the fedop concerned.

If the IDPs are exposed to eduGAIN already, OTOH, there should be
nothing left to do (unless the IDP is broken and does not itself
consume eduGAIN-enabled metadata, which I'd accept as an error report
to the fed. operator).

My 2¢.
-peter