What’s in a Name?
What’s in a Name? Internet2 Community Supports Unique Researcher Identifiers This piece was originally posted on the Internet2 blog and is reposted here with the kind permission of Internet2. REFEDS welcomes theRead More…
Sirtfi, chasing the bad-guys together
The increasing scale and connectedness of R&E federations, whilst extremely valuable for collaboration, does expose an inviting new vector of attack for malicious actors. A single compromised account may provide an entryRead More…
Release Attributes…For Science!
The entire REFEDS community sends congratulations to our good friends at LIGO on the historic detection of gravitational waves, recently announced and celebrated in the scientific community and beyond. LIGO has beenRead More…
Opt-in, opt-out and local federation policies
Recently there has been a debate on federations’ opt-in versus opt-out policies regarding eduGAIN. Generally, this refers to an eduGAIN participant federation’s policy on how its local IdPs and SPs are exportedRead More…
And another year has gone by
It’s that time of the year when we look at what REFEDS has achieved. 2015 has been a rich year for REFEDS not only because REFEDS celebrated its 10th birthday, but alsoRead More…
REFEDS Sunday Meetings continue in Cleveland
More than 80 people gave up their Sunday to attend the REFEDS meeting in Cleveland, hosted at the Technology Exchange 2015 (TechEx15). The meeting provided a good opportunity to discuss the latestRead More…
What does the Safe Habor Ruling Mean?
On 6th October 2015, the European Court of Justice declared the Safe Harbour agreement invalid. This means that US companies can no longer self certify that they provide “adequate protection” in lineRead More…
Discussing Identity Problems in Indianapolis
It’s been one month now from the REFEDS gathering in Indianapolis. I was impressed to see so many people attending the meeting on a sunny and warm Sunday morning. REFEDS meeting wasRead More…
Can We Rest Assured?
At the recent TERENA AAI Workshop, I led a small group in discussing how we can practically address the assurance requirements for our user communities. It is one of the most oftenRead More…
The Interfederation Problem
The Interfederation Problem Interfederation – the processing of sharing entity metadata between different federations – is intended to both make management of metadata easier for Identity Providers (IdPs) and Service Providers (SPs)Read More…