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The French federation

The CRU Federation is a Shibboleth-based federation that targets approximately 200 French Higher Education institutions. It provides a test and production federation, default identity providers, library resources, online courses, Wi-Fi access, and more.

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The French federation

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  1. The French federation Eurocamp 2007 Helsinki Olivier Salaün <os@cru.fr>

  2. The CRU federation • Targetting ~200 French HiEd institutions • Operated by the CRU • Service started in mid 2006 • Shibboleth-based • Currently : • 25 IdPs (400.000 students) • 12 SPs

  3. The CRU provides… • A test federation (self registration) • A production federation • A default identity providers • For the IdP-less users • Includes group management features

  4. The services • Library resources • On-line courses (national and regional scales) • Wi-Fi access for roaming users • At a regional scale • Aside eduroam service • Software distribution for students • Intranet for virtual organizations

  5. Policies / agreements • The federation is defined as a technical infrastructure, providing a minimum level of assurance • The policy defines : • the responsabilities of IdPs / SPs / the CRU • a set of good practices (no auditing procedures) • Joining the federation : • IdPs sign a registration agreement • SPs sign a registration form

  6. Responsabilities • SPs expect IdPs to : • ensure the security of the authentication service • ensure the ready availibility of their authentication service • deliver user attributes according to the common designations, semantics, and associated nomenclatures • IdPs expect IdPs to : • make a legitimate use of user attributes

  7. Definition of user attributes • Based on SupAnn, the LDAP schema for French universities • Supann : • Based on eduPerson • Also defines a set of roles • Ongoing work to extend SupAnn for : • Courses definition • Structures definition

  8. Current concerns • Perimeter of the federation to cope with : • Research institutes • HiEd institutions belonging to other ministries • Services for VOs require : • Support for distributed identity providers • Extending the set of service providers

  9. More information http://federation.cru.fr/cru/index-en.html federation-admin@cru.fr

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