InCommon metadata support

[Brent Wygant <>]

Thanks Tom!

When Shibboleth connects to the remote metadata XML resource, it retrieves 
the file and caches it (...\opt\shibboleth-sp\var\run\shibboleth\). In that 
same location, the file " InCommon-metadata.xml.tag" is also generated. That 
file only contains the value for " If-None-Match:". My question is whether 
that value is cached in the shibd.exe application memory, or if it compares 
the value from the response header to that file every time the HTTP 
Conditional GET request is sent?

For context, I'm trying to determine the behavior of the application with 
respect to that file. If for some reason the application can't connect to the 
remote resource to retrieve the metadata, but the metadata is placed in the 
cached location manually, does that file also need to be updated manually?

Thanks!

- Brent

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Subject: Re: [Metadata-Support] Is the "If-None-Match:" value cached in memory

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Brent Wygant 
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 wrote:
>
> Anyone know if the “If-None-Match:” value from the *.xml.tag file is cached 
> in memory, or will the application compare the value in that file with the 
> value in the HTTP GET response header every time?

You seem to be asking about HTTP Conditional GET but I have no idea what an 
"xml.tag file" is, so I can't answer your question, sorry.

> A direct answer will be sufficient. Additional information on the 
> functionality of that file would be appreciated as well!

That's the problem, I don't know what file you're referring to.

Tom