Shibboleth Workshops Planned April 12-13

Registration is open for the next Shibboleth Workshop Series, providing technical installation and configuration experience with Shibboleth Single Sign-on and Federating Software, v2. The sessions will take place April 12-13 at the MOREnet offices in Columbia, Missouri. See the Shibboleth Workshop Service web page for details and to register.

InCommon Launches Federated Error Handling Service

InCommon has launched a new centralized Federated Error Handling Service for use by all Service Providers (SPs) in the federation. The goal is to provide a better experience for users in the event that they are unable to access a federated service, which will help prevent them from becoming confused or frustrated. Read more . . .

Research and Scholarship Category to Streamline Onboarding

InCommon is launching an innovative program: categories of service providers. The first is the Research & Scholarship category targeting SPs that support research and scholarly activities, such as campus-based collaboration services and virtual organization. The webinar (Jan. 19) introducing the service is archived, and the slides are available. Details of the service are in the wiki.

Unlimited Certificates for All of Your Domains

Download our info sheet on the InCommon Certificate Service. More than 140 campuses have subscribed to receive unlimited SSL (including EV), client (personal), and code signing certificates for one fixed annual fee (for any higher education institution). This covers all of your domains, such as professional societies and athletic sites.

Need help in planning or implementing federated identity management?

Need some help with your federated IdM plan or deployment? Or perhaps some consulting on Shibboleth, the single-sign on federating software? That's what InCommon Affiliates are for, connecting higher education institutions and their federating partners with providers of federation services.

Federating with the National Science Foundation and Research.gov

The National Science Foundation has enabled federated access to Research.gov, its portal of information and services for research grantees. Once logged in, researchers can connect seamlessly to FastLane, the NSF grant management application. NSF has also published a quick reference guide [PDF] for federated access.

Of Interest

InCommon makes sharing protected online resources easier

InCommon eliminates the need for researchers, students, and educators to maintain multiple passwords and usernames. Online service providers no longer need to maintain user accounts. Identity providers manage the levels of their users' privacy and information exchange. InCommon uses SAML-based authentication and authorization systems (such as Shibboleth®) to enable scalable, trusted collaborations among its community of participants.