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[Leif Johansson <leifj AT sunet.se>]

On 2017-03-03 13:25, Lukas Hämmerle wrote:
> 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 ;-)
> 

You would think so wouldn't 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.
> 

If they want to filter they can. If they don't they don't

> 
>> 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
> 
>