As Peter said, it uses LDAP protocol either way. And you aren't
constrained to running the IdP on Windows; you could have a Linux IdP
querying Active Directory if you wish.
Cheers,
Sara
On 06/02/2013 11:31, Alistair Young wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm pottering around the IdP docs and was wondering if there were any
> advantages in using the IdP on Windows for Active Directory
> authentication/attribute gathering:
>
> http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/QuickInstallNotes
>
> as opposed to running the IdP on unix and using LDAP. Does it use LDAP
> in either configuration? Or is there another protocol it will use if
> it's in an AD domain?
>
> thanks,
>
> Alistair
>
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> Senior Software Engineer
> UHI@Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
>
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