On July 15, 2011 4:12 , "Bennett, Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I solved the problem by intercepting the browser redirection between
> authentication and validation. I altered the cosign configuration so
> that the validation URL for a service was changed from something like:
>      https://webapp.domain.edu/cosign/valid
> to something like:
>      https://messageapp.domain.edu?https://webapp.domain.edu/cosign/valid
> The service at messageapp.domain.edu (itself a cosign webapp) looks at
> the users identity and decides what messages to display, and eventually
> forwards the browser on to the "real" webapp.

I like this solution a lot -- it is easier to set up and less intrusive 
than the one I suggested.  The only advantage to involving factors (that 
I can think of) is that it puts control of whether or not to display a 
form or a message in the hands of the person administering the 
cosign-protected service:  the factor can be required (or not) on a 
per-service or even per-page basis; but hopefully most institutions 
would not need this sort of granular control, and so I think your 
solution is definitely the better one.

--
   Mark Montague
   [email protected]


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