Thanks, this article made understanding the basics a lot clearer than other things I found recently when looking. I haven't had to configure an IdP or SP [yet]

Thanks, this article made understanding the basics a lot clearer than other things I found recently when looking. I haven't had to configure an IdP or SP [yet] but application we work with does use SAML to authenticate, and I only have to make small configuration to that application side. Good to have a better, albeit very basic, understanding at least of what the Shibboleth IdP and SP are doing.