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Federations: Making Collaborations Work. Interoperability as seen from the NREN's point of view. Ton Verschuren SURFnet, NL. EuroCAMP Ljubljana, 3 April 2006. agenda. what is a federation? what problem does it solve for us? what are the ingredients?. introduction.
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Federations: Making Collaborations Work Interoperability as seen from the NREN's point of view Ton Verschuren SURFnet, NL EuroCAMP Ljubljana, 3 April 2006
agenda • what is a federation? • what problem does it solve for us? • what are the ingredients?
introduction from an intra-campus view
introduction from an intra-campus view to an inter-campus view:
introduction from an intra-campus view to an inter-campus view: federations
federations • federations enable the sharing of resources • a federation is constituted by a set of agreements between peers • in a federation there needs to be a common language • federations can be part of bigger federations • federations can co-operate with other federations: confederations
ingredients - standards • ieee 802.1X, radius • security assertion markup language (saml) • identity federation framework (id-ff) • web services federation language (ws-fed)
ingredients - policies • record rights and obligations of the parties involved: • institutions (IdP) • service providers (SP) • federation operator (typically the NREN) • various operational examples availableInCommon (US), SwitchAAI (CH), HAKA (FI), eduroam
ingredients – schema’s & metadata • attribute schema, e.g. eduPerson • is an alumnus a student? • privacy (eu directives!) • inter-federation attributese.g.eduPersonEntitlement: urn:mace:dir:entitlement:shared:common-lib-terms • saml profiles • post en browser artifacts, request/response profiles • shibboleth profile • edugain profile • metadata • naming of service providerse.g. surfspot.nl
ingredients - trust is not
ingredients - trust is not an
ingredients - trust is not an it
ingredients - trust is not an it thingy!!!
ingredients - trust is not an it thingy!!! it’s something between humans
ingredients - trust is not an it thingy!!! it’s something between humans (and that’s why we’re here)
Conclusion We need to collaborate to make collaborations work! And federations are our vehicles (and that’s why we’re here)