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The Shibboleth software will not only consume metadata, it will also fetch and verify a fresh metadata file on a regular basis. Later versions of Shibboleth are The Shibboleth software is highly optimized with respect to metadata refresh.
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Configure the Shibboleth IdP
The IdP configuration examples in this section fetch the main InCommon production metadata aggregate. See the Metadata Aggregates wiki page for other options.
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Configure the Shibboleth SP
The SP configuration examples in this section fetch the IdP-only InCommon production metadata aggregate. See the Metadata Aggregates wiki page for other options.
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