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Proxying in Federationland

Proxying in Federationland. The obvious application Access to resources with “old-fashioned” access control Typically, IP-based But others possible as well And many others Deep linking support (a.k.a. WAYFless URLs) Federation-aware resolvers Proxies at the provider

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Proxying in Federationland

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  1. Proxying in Federationland • The obvious application • Access to resources with “old-fashioned” access control • Typically, IP-based • But others possible as well • And many others • Deep linking support (a.k.a. WAYFless URLs) • Federation-aware resolvers • Proxies at the provider • Radical privacy preservation

  2. A ProposalTo be covered by REFEDS budget

  3. Some Objections • Would this cover all the interesting use cases listed before? • Only the first one may not justify the effort • How are scalability and dependability issues to be addressed? • Single point of failure, heavy loads… • At least one IP per institution • Why a single, commercial product? • Is this of interest to the whole community?

  4. And Some Questions • Is this the only available product (in production level) for a given task? • Similar to SecureW2 in eduroam for Windows • Even if some of us don't use it, will its widespread use by others benefits the whole community? • Similar to Shibboleth • Is there an agreement with the product provider, so the community gets a better deal? • A-la-TCS • The answer to the first question is no • The answer to the second one could be affirmative if • Proxy-at-the-provider is an option • The interface is general enough to support other proxy SW • Shall we contact OCLC to see what happens with question three?

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