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DK-AAI - a federation in the making. EuroCAMP, Helsinki 17th of April 2007 David.Simonsen@uni-c.dk. The founders were. Libraries Universities Research network. 2005. Todays' Dish. A SAML based ID-federation for higher education and research - by 2008. Ingredients. Choose a technology
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DK-AAI- a federation in the making EuroCAMP, Helsinki 17th of April 2007 David.Simonsen@uni-c.dk
The founders were... • Libraries • Universities • Research network 2005
Todays' Dish • A SAML based ID-federation for higher education and research - by 2008 Ingredients • Choose a technology • Write a policy • Establish the federations' semantics • Set up the organisation
Financing • Year II - IV (2007 - 2009): € 360.000/year • Funding bodies • Ministry of education (further education) • Ministry of Science (universities) • Ministry of Culture (Libraries)
The landscape • 12 universities (fusions underway: soon only 6) • Further education, many medium size institutions • Few 'sector research institutions' • Few/no killer apps (unlike Swizerland, Norway, UK) • Many (commercial) service providers interested(main driver?) • Growing understanding of shared services
Status • Test federation (Shib) since mid-2006 • 7 IdP's (one German) • Ver. 1.0 of DKeduPerson • Policy underway, first draft ready • Solid interest from service providers • Stagnating interest from IdP's • Corporation on the Kalmar Union
IdM practices/policies • Define minimal IdM-reqs. • Institutions sign the policy, including min IdM reqs. • Informed user consent, important
Policy enforcement • Initial interview on IdM, before signing • Institutions must document IdM-practices - when asked to do so • Inspections might occur • DS484 (national security standard) reqs. enough (?) • Existing revision enough (?)
Auth levels • Minimal reqs. TBD... • netID - initial authentication via web bank ?(+ self service for password reset (driver))-> pilot project coming
Schema(s) • dkEduPerson v.1: • eduPerson • norEduPerson • SCHAC schema
The technology Shibboleth concept
Shibboleth for real Federation ? ElseVier