Talking to the Operators: REFEDS at TechEx 2016
Every fall, REFEDS has the opportunity to travel across the pond and have an all day meeting at the Internet2 TechEx, thanks to our generous hosts. For the meeting in September 2016Read More…
REFEDS announces publication of R&S v1.3
Following extensive consultation and review, the REFEDS Steering Committee has ratified version 1.3 of the REFEDS Research and Scholarship Entity Category and the specification was published on the REFEDS website on 8thRead More…
Federating APAN
(view of the nightly Hong Kong light show as it starts). The Asia-Pacific region is a hotbed of federation activity. A new federation has just gone online last month (the Singapore AccessRead More…
Shibboleth Upgrades Critical as IdP Reaches End of Life
The Shibboleth Identity Provider is one of the main software components used in identity federations worldwide and one of the most popular software choices for people deploying federated identity for research andRead More…
REFEDS 32 @ TNC16
The 32nd meeting of REFEDS brought together nearly 80 participants, in person and remote, to discuss the latest in R&E identity federations. Held in conjunction with TNC16 in Prague, the usual SundayRead More…
Congratulations to Scott Cantor
One of this year’s GÉANT Community Awards goes to Scott Cantor (Ohio State University) for his active work over the last 15 years on Shibboleth and his constant involvement in theRead More…
Harmonisation: Assurance
This post is part of a formal deliverable of the GÉANT GN4 “Trust and Identity Harmonisation” task, which was funded for a one-year period from May 2015 – April 2016. ARead More…
Harmonisation: Entity Categories
This post is part of a formal deliverable of the GÉANT GN4 “Trust and Identity Harmonisation” task, which was funded for a one-year period from May 2015 – April 2016. A seriesRead More…
Harmonisation: Interoperability
This post is part of a formal deliverable of the GÉANT GN4 “Trust and Identity Harmonisation” task, which was funded for a one-year period from May 2015 – April 2016. ARead More…
Delivering Identity in Africa
Earlier this month, the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) had their second annual conference in Dakar, Senegal. The pre-meeting workshops and the actual conference were a huge success,Read More…