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InCommon strongly recommends that all entities (IdPs and SPs) support SAML V2.0 Web Browser SSO. The benefits of SAML V2.0 are significant, to both individual participants and the Federation as a whole; see What's New in SAML 2? for more information.

Currently there are a few dozen IdPs in the InCommon Federation that do not support SAML V2.0. Consequently, SPs can not safely ignore legacy SAML V1.1 protocols, which tends to favor the latter over SAML V2.0. As a community, we are caught in a chicken-and-egg situation that can be traced back to those legacy IdPs. If most of those IdPs were to add SAML V2.0 to their portfolio, the dynamics would immediately change, for the benefit of all Federation participants.

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