Using Levels of Assurance Well, at least thinking about it…. MAX (just MAX)
Agenda A little bit about me Level Set Issues of LOA determination LOA’s all around us Practical concerns about LOA's Discussion/Questions
just MAX? Rocking chair in September 2007 Systems and Networking Operations Shibboleth IdP Operation (I herd the cats)
PSU and Shibboleth WebAssign - Physics course assignments Napster TurnItIn, Symplicity, LionShare eAuth demo at Fall Internet2 Member Meeting PHEAA, Library
Level Set
Level Set (cont.)
Issues of LOA Determination Multiple identification realms within a single domain Authoritative sources differ among realms Collecting information from various Registration Authorities Examples: (Admissions, Registrar, Human Resources, World Campus, Direct User Input)
Issues of LOA Determination (cont.) Various Levels of Identity Proofing Faxing a photo identification Tuition payment Signature Stations 2nd Factor Authentication
What is a Signature Station? Start AD20 Agreement AD54 Agreement Library Agreement Display Password Newswire?Printing? Newswire Agreement Printing Agreement End Sign For Account No Yes GPG Encrypt Signature Request join Save all agreements
LOA’s All Around Us OMB guidance defines four levels of assurance Level 1: Little or no confidence in asserted identity’s validity Level 2: Some confidence in asserted identity’s validity Level 3: High confidence in asserted identity's validity Level 4: Very high confidence in asserted identity’s validity
LOA’s All Around Us (cont.) InCommon Federation Bronze Silver Metal of the day
LOA’s All Around Us (cont.) Making identity assertions with a LOA Just use Shibboleth and treat it like any other attribute Without Shibboleth... It’s the same old story Establish trust Security of the communication Architecture of the eAuthentication demo Install/configure the Shibboleth eAuth plugin Plugin has a built in LOA 1 assertion Exchanging certificates
Practical concerns about LOA's LOA for an identity, or for an Identity Provider? Identity Proofing methods Determination about an identity Credential Assessment Framework (CAF) Determination about the Credential Provider –Handling of passwords –Detecting password attacks Does the LOA need “adjusted”? User forgets password/password reset Password attack is detected Require by a business process Process for restoring an “adjusted” LOA
Practical concerns about LOA's (cont.) Identifying applications and LOA requirements On-line general advising Course Management Software E-signatures Supporting the users Helpdesk calls for broken applications caused by “adjusted” LOA
Discussion/Questions “If you have truly done your part to make this interactive, the discussion has all been addressed!” Contact Information Mark “Max” Miller Senior Systems Engineer Penn State – ITS
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