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[Lukas Hämmerle <lukas.haemmerle AT switch.ch>]

On 03.03.17 12:50, Leif Johansson wrote:
>> this and adapt ECCS. As you say, this would however mean that each IdP
>> currently would be hammered more than a thousand requests per day
> 
> good!

Admit it Leif, you bribed Jozef to ask for the same feature, right?
@Jozef: How many beers does he owe you ;-)


> just add an extension to the authnrequest saying this is a probe

That's an option, but obviously would result in some (limited) extra
work at all federations that monitor these requests.


> this would introduce too much delay for the applications I've been
> thinking about - its more important that the API returns quickly
> then that the test is 100% fresh IMO

Yes, I think I can agree with that.


Best Regards
Lukas


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