Last week was obviously a huge week for security and privacy geeks across the globe. Whilst for some of us this was simply because it was TNC week (more on that later)Read More…
Addressing FIM4R Requirements
I attended the last FIM4R meeting where I presented a document (Proposed Roadmap to address eResearch Requirements) prepared in response to the FIM4R paper. The FIM4R paper identifies a number of challengesRead More…
Removing the Barriers: the Login Problem
One of the primary goals of REFEDS is to remove the barriers to use that users, identity providers and service providers experience when interacting with identity federations. When speaking to end usersRead More…
What have we achieved in 2012?
Following a fruitful second year, a new work plan for REFEDS (Research and Education Federations) was approved by the REFEDS Steering Committee (SC) in December 2012 for the period January – DecemberRead More…
The Policy Conundrum
One of the things that quickly sets most federations in to a spin is the idea of writing a Federation Policy. For the Research and Education federations that have emerged over theRead More…
Hanging out with the VAMPS
We held the annual Fall Meeting for REFEDS on the 5th of September in Utrecht, in conjunction with the TERENA / Internet2 / Surfnet VAMP meeting looking at challenges for virtual organisations. Read More…
My thoughts on EGI Federated Identity Platform
Last week I attended the AAI workshop organised as part of the EGI technical Forum. The workshop was meant to discuss the proposed paper on EGI federated identity platform [1] and toRead More…
A thought for RL Bob Morgan
We are all saddened by the death of RL Bob Morgan, a dear friend for many and a model for everybody working in the middleware. We in TERENA and REFEDS feel privilegedRead More…
Same Same, but Different
Nicole Harris reports back on the REFEDS BOF at APAN33, Feburary 2012. Back in February, Licia and I were lucky enough to be invited to present a REFEDS BOF at APAN33. APANRead More…