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EuroCAMP Ljubljana, 3 April 2006

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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EuroCAMP Ljubljana, 3 April 2006

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  1. Federations: Making Collaborations Work Interoperability as seen from the NREN's point of view Ton Verschuren SURFnet, NL EuroCAMP Ljubljana, 3 April 2006

  2. agenda • what is a federation? • what problem does it solve for us? • what are the ingredients?

  3. introduction from an intra-campus view

  4. introduction from an intra-campus view to an inter-campus view:

  5. introduction from an intra-campus view to an inter-campus view: federations

  6. example of a federation

  7. 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

  8. situation today

  9. single signon ?

  10. reduced signon

  11. many relations

  12. local authentication

  13. local authentication n:m relations

  14. federation

  15. ingredients - intro

  16. ingredients - standards • ieee 802.1X, radius • security assertion markup language (saml) • identity federation framework (id-ff) • web services federation language (ws-fed)

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. ingredients - trust is

  20. ingredients - trust is not

  21. ingredients - trust is not an

  22. ingredients - trust is not an it

  23. ingredients - trust is not an it thingy!!!

  24. ingredients - trust is not an it thingy!!! it’s something between humans

  25. ingredients - trust is not an it thingy!!! it’s something between humans (and that’s why we’re here)

  26. Another perspective…

  27. Conclusion We need to collaborate to make collaborations work! And federations are our vehicles (and that’s why we’re here)

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