Belnet R&E Federation Belnet – Mario Vandaele BNC 2011 – 24 November 2011
2Belnet R&E Federation Agenda What? Why? How? Q&A “Evolving to streamlined access for web services”
3Belnet R&E Federation What: Belnet R&E Federation? Identity & Access Management Research & Education Community Identity Providers Federated Partners CommercialNon-profit Government Agencies Other Federations Service Providers
4Belnet R&E Federation What: Belnet R&E Federation? 4Belnet R&E Federation Identity & Access Management Research & Education Community Identity Providers Federated Partners Service Providers Administration? Legal? Technical? Belnet R&E Federation Trusted Mediator
5Belnet R&E Federation Why: the Belnet R&E Federation? Why a federation approach and not another one? Let us briefly go back in time, when: – users were still new to the network – security & privacy concerns were minimal
LAN 6Belnet R&E Federation Why: Belnet R&E Federation? User = john Pwd = abc123 User = jane Pwd = abc456 User = jdoe1 Pwd = def123 User = jdoe2 Pwd = def456 User = johndoe Pwd = ghi123 User = jd456 Pwd = jkl123 User = john456 Pwd = mno123 User = jd123 Pwd = pqr123 User = jdoe Pwd = ghi456 User = jd123 Pwd = jkl456 User = jane123 Pwd = mno456 User = jd456 Pwd = pqr
7Belnet R&E Federation Why Belnet R&E Federation? User = john Pwd = abc123 Birth date Home address … User = jdoe Pwd = def123 Birth date Home address … User = john Pwd = abc123 Birth date Home address User = jdoe Pwd = def123 Birth date Home address User = jdoe Pwd = def123 Birth date User = john Pwd = abc123 Birth date
8Belnet R&E Federation Why: Belnet R&E Federation? 2001
9Belnet R&E Federation Why: Belnet R&E Federation? Identity & Access Management Role- Based Acces Control Add Mod Del One account & password per user 2001
The Cloud 10Belnet R&E Federation Why: Belnet R&E Federation? Software as a Service User = john Pwd = abc123 User = jdoe1 Pwd = def123 User = johndoe Pwd = ghi123 User = jd456 Pwd = jkl123 User = john456 Pwd = mno123 User = jd123 Pwd = pqr123 User = jane Pwd = abc456 User = jdoe2 Pwd = def456 User = jdoe Pwd = ghi456 User = jd123 Pwd = jkl456 User = jane123 Pwd = mno456 User = jd456 Pwd = pqr or 1991?
11Belnet R&E Federation Why: Belnet R&E Federation? 11Belnet R&E Federation Identity & Access Management Research & Education Community Identity Providers Federated Partners Service Providers Belnet R&E Federation
12Belnet R&E Federation Why: Belnet R&E Federation? 12Belnet R&E Federation Identity & Access Management Service Provider 1 Belnet R&E Federation Service Provider 2 Identity Provider 1 Identity Provider 2 Identity & Access Management One agreement One language: SAML2 1-time setup 1-time setup “Evolving to streamlined access for web services” One account & password per user
13Belnet R&E Federation How: Belnet R&E Federation? How to join the Belnet R&E Federation? Belnet R&E Federation: – 15 december 2011 – Belnet – Contact: to subscribe
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