eduGAIN: Interfederation and Policy Brook Schofield eduGAIN Task - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

eduGAIN: Interfederation and Policy Brook Schofield eduGAIN Task Leader, GN3 Project schofield@terena.org Innovation through participation

Agenda � What is eduGAIN? � Project Expectations � Current Status � Policy Framework � Roadmap Innovation through participation

What makes up eduGAIN? Metadata Distribution Service managed by an Operational Team � Profiles and Policies to help harmonize the environment � Code of Conduct to halt data protection FUD � More info at http://eduGAIN.org/ � 3 connect • communicate • collaborate Innovation through participation 3

Project Expectations Pilot in April 2011 � � Battle Test MDS – It’s just an aggregator! � Have people review & sign up to the Policy Production in July 2011 � � Officially low expectations � “ We’re the only game in town ” � Federations MUST want us! GN3 would finish in March 2013 � � Success!!! Innovation through participation

eduGAIN status (in numbers) 15 participant federations � 2 candidate federations & 2 pilot participants � 7 European federations not participating � � AT, DK, EE , IE, PT, SI, UK 8 federations not participating � � AU, CL , CN, IN , JP, NZ, OM, US 14 GN3 Partners without a federation (18 GN3+) � Innovation through participation

Identity Federations Innovation through participation

European Identity Federations Innovation through participation

Naïve Roadmap … http://www.tshirtlaundry.com/The-Underpants-Gnome_p_1441.html Innovation through participation

What happened? Failed to demonstrate “value” to all federations? � � Joining isn’t a priority … Research Infrastructure Projects � eduGAIN didn’t have 100% country reach � � Research Infrastructures didn’t federate either Federation Resource Registries weren’t ready for “opt-in” � Policy Framework, Profiles & Data Protection � � Not as perfect as my daughter Innovation through participation

What did we do? What are we doing? “Brook’s Service Catalogue” à REFEDS MET � http://terena.org/~schofield/servicecatalogue/ � � WARNING ! Browser-site database in use! � Then (August 2011) 24 entities; Now 94 entities (62 IdPs) FIM4RI – Paper and Roadmap � GÉANT Code of Conduct � Funding Resource Registry Updates (NZ, FR, IE à PT) � Building Federation Capacity & “Federation-as-a-Service” � � Goal of getting to 100% � In progress now – Infrastructure + Policy training … more in GN3+ Innovation through participation

eduGAIN Policy Framework … Is it a “bridge” or is it a “barrier”? � � If it is a barrier … then we need to address an issue. � What are your federation requirements? Metadata Trust & Provenance � � Affects federations differently (Hub&Spoke vs Mesh) � Metadata download + incorporation Opt-in? Did it really protect anyone? � Visibility of eduGAIN (not an advertising requirement) � Innovation through participation

Newsflash! Policy Update Required NREN-PC and GN3-Exec want to get out of the “approval” � business � Has already happened for the GN3 eduroam Confederation � Same requirement for eduGAIN Policy Framework We must update the policy! � Lets fix “ other problems ” while we’re at it. � Declaration + Metadata Profile + Constitution � Not just policy: Technical Issues also. � Innovation through participation

Policy Update Roadmap … http://www.tshirtlaundry.com/The-Underpants-Gnome_p_1441.html Innovation through participation

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