Innovation through participation
Introduction to Identity Federations Brook Schofield eduGAIN Task - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Introduction to Identity Federations Brook Schofield eduGAIN Task - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Introduction to Identity Federations Brook Schofield eduGAIN Task Leader, GN3 Project & Project Development Officer, TERENA schofield@terena.org 15 October 2012 Building Federated Identity Policy, GN3 Symposium, Vienna, Austria Innovation
Innovation through participation
Brook Schofield
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Australian living in The Netherlands. Grew up on the island state of Tasmania. Task Leader in the GN3 Project for eduGAIN. Secretary of the Global eduroam Governance Committee.
About me…
Innovation through participation
What ¡is ¡a ¡federa,on? ¡
wayf.dk
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Technology 1st focus…
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connect • communicate • collaborate
What is eduGAIN?
- Solves the scaling problem
- eduGAIN entities are a subset of a federation
- Profiles and policies to harmonize environment
- More info at http://eduGAIN.org/
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Federation B Federation A Federation C SP IdP IdP IdP IdP IdP SP SP SP SP SP SP Identity Provider Service Provider SP MDS
Attributes Terms of Use Metadata Web SSO Good Practice Constitution eduGAIN Declaration Me
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eduGAIN status (in numbers)
- 15 participant federations
- 3 candidate federations & 2 pilot participants
- 6 European federations not participating
AT, DK, EE, IE, SI, UK
- 8 federations not participating
AU, CL, CN, IN, JP, NZ, OM, US
- 18 GN3 Partners without a federation (23 GN3+)
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Federa,on ¡models… ¡
wayf.dk
eduroam ¡
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- Trust based on national policy
- Security based on 802.1X/RADIUS
- VLAN assignment to separate users
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RADIUS server University ABC RADIUS server University 123
NREN
Central RADIUS Proxy server WiFi Access Point User DB User DB
Visitor VLAN Student VLAN Employee VLAN
user@uniabc.aq
data signaling
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