150 and counting

Posted on Friday, 21 December 2007

The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 12 December:

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UK federation briefing event

Posted on Friday, 14 December 2007

JANET(UK) will be running a one day Access Management Federation Briefing on 14th February 2008 at the Teacher Building, Glasgow. This event is aimed at anyone interested in finding out more about the UK Access Management Federation. The programme includes:

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New federation members since 22 November

Posted on Wednesday, 12 December 2007

The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 22 November:

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Selecting, Designing and Operating Secure Federated Access Management Systems

Posted on Monday, 10 December 2007

The following document, which should be helpful to organisations planning to join the federation, has been placed on the TERENA website: "Selecting, Designing and Operating Secure Federated Access Management Systems".

Edited by JohnMurison

Shibboleth on Windows

Posted on Friday, 7 December 2007

Given the requirement to support a diverse range of directory configurations, the Shibboleth Identity Provider software sometimes requires a relatively complex manual configuration to integrate with an organisation's local directory environment. Due to the prevalence of Microsoft Windows Active DirectoryŽ, an effort is under way to streamline the installation and configuration of Shibboleth specifically for that environment, through the creation of an installer package.

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JISC support for Access Management

Posted on Friday, 7 December 2007

JISC has issued the application procedure by which UK HE and FE institutions can apply for support from the JISC Institutional Access Management Support Project (JIAMSP). The procedure can be viewed at:

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