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Updates on Shib, a bit of InCommon and International Federations
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Presenter’s Name Topics Shib 2.0 and Autograph Non-federal aspects of InCommon International peering Others will do InCommon and the US Gov, Usher, etc…
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Presenter’s Name State University Federations State university federations - Texas, California, CSU, etc Leverage existing infrastructure in both policies and shared applications Some, such as the California Digital Marketplace, reach very broad populations
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Presenter’s Name InCommon US R&E Federation www.incommon.org Members join a 501(c)3 Addresses legal, LOA, shared attributes, business proposition, etc issues Approximately 55 members and growing A low percentage of national Shib use…
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Presenter’s Name InCommon Members 5/1/07 Case Western Reserve University Clemson University Cornell University Dartmouth Duke University Florida State University Georgetown University Indiana University Miami University New York University Ohio University Penn State Stanford University Stony Brook University SUNY Buffalo Texas A&M The Ohio State University The Johns Hopkins University The University of Chicago University of Alabama at Birmingham University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Office of the President University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of Maryland University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Rochester University of Southern California University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin - Madison Cdigix EBSCO Publishing Elsevier ScienceDirect Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library Internet2 JSTOR Napster, LLC OCLC OhioLink - The Ohio Library & Information Network ProtectNetwork Symplicity Corporation Thomson Learning, Inc. Turnitin WebAssign
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Presenter’s Name Key aspects of InCommon Federating software Shib 1.2+ (other possibilities in the future) Shared attributes and schema eduPerson right now Levels of authentication POP (participant operational practices) for LOA-today InCommon Bronze and Silver will map to LOA 1 & 2 Management Steering committee of members IT executives Operations staffed by Internet2
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Presenter’s Name InCommon Management/Governance Steering Committee of campus/vendor CIO’s and policy people – sets policies for membership, business model, etc. Technical advisory committee - Sets common member standards for attributes (eduPerson 2.0), identity management good practices, etc.
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Presenter’s Name Shibboleth Shib 1.3 widely deployed; 1.2 still common Along the way, other capabilities added: ADFS compatibility for WS-Fed, (MS $) Eauthentication certification (with waiver form:)) Shib 2.0 completes the SAML+Shib integration More compatible with COTS SAML 2.0 products than they are with each other A Shib/SAML to TCP/IP analogy isn’t bad; Shib adds multi-party federation support through metadata, ARPS, etc. Also eases support for n-tier, non-web and other capabilities Alpha for Unix and Windows now being released
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Presenter’s Name The Shibboleth 2.0 Sidebar Support for the attribute ecosystem attribute handling, including policy, in both SP and IdP designed to be reusable for other protocols (eg CardSpace) sets stage for further work on multiple attribute sources, reputation management, etc. All Java SP (in addition to current Java/Apache), easing integration for some applications Trust management PKI still seems too hard, even at the simpler enterprise level Supports a broad set of trust choices – CA’s, certs, plain keys, managing site metadata (naming, acquisition, validating) A product of years of painful experience
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Presenter’s Name Federated Applications Mostly access controls to content The first shibbed collaborative apps are appearing… Several wikis Digital repositories such as DSpace and Fedora Learning Management Systems such as WebCT IM, p2p fileshare (Lionshare), CVS Grid-Shib integration in several ways SIP based tools (videoconferencing, audioconferencing) within reach Bootstrapping from duct tape sometimes a problem
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Presenter’s Name Membership in InCommon 53 members, perhaps 25 million students covered, growing slowly but steadily Some interesting discussions Apple, Google, Microsoft all as SP’s The assertion of student-ness National Energy Labs, as IdP’s and SP’s And off in testshib… The Navy, Google, …
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Presenter’s Name International Federations Many nations now have federations; OECD and the UN are looking at ways to address the other Status ranges from fully developed (Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands) to rapidly growing (France, UK) to struggling but moving forward (Denmark, Belgium) to just starting (Germany, Italy) Several uses cases are already emerging for interfederation arrangements Wikis, grids…
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Presenter’s Name 9-9:30 Welcome and intros Desired Outcomes: a prototype agreement between federations that all attendees can take back to their federation for discussion. 9:30-10:30.A Few Federation Updates, with some emphasis on interfederation or inter- sector issues FEIDE UK Access Manage InCommon Liberty Instances. Others? Key takeaways: state of the R&E world state of the commercial world 11:00-11:30Use cases Common Interfederation needs Use of proxies 11:30 -12:00Agreement on terms Categories of relationships between federations (peering, overlapped, leveraged, confederation, hierarchical, etc.) Multi- homed institutions - pros and cons Transitivity situations - necessary? desirable? Categories of policy issues Service models - trust broker, bulk services provider, etc. Business models - uniform fees, RP pays, subsidized, etc.
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Presenter’s Name Afternoon of International Peering Attributes Validity requirements Eppn policy Privacy requirements Special identifiers User specified? RP specified? Transient? LOA Credentials? Attributes? Both?? POP management and/or requirements Standard levels: Can we agree...?? Audit: requred? who does it? who sees it? Federation practices in support of LOA Standard practises between federations
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Presenter’s Name Late afternoon international peering Legal and Financial Liability issues Financial Considerations (dues, transactions, etc) Dispute Resolution Can the federation commit its members? Working with commercial federations? Non NREN academic federations? Kinda technical issues WAYF Trust anchors (use of commercial CA’s) Help desk and problem resolution Wrap-ups and Next Steps OECD? UN? OASIS? etc. Where to continue and how Who's got the ball? Nice dinner if we’ve earned it…
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Presenter’s Name Collaboration tools Expanding enterprise and federated versions of popular tools Adding identity, group and privilege management Providing security and privacy Adding the middleware extensions for virtual organizations Integrating the VO life with the campus life in portals, videoconferencing, etc.
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Presenter’s Name VOs plumbed to federations
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