UK Access Management Federation launched

Posted on Thursday, 30 November 2006

Connecting people to resources

JISC and Becta today announced the launch of the UK Access Management Federation. The Federation represents the centrepiece of JISC and Becta's significant investment in developing and implementing next generation access management systems based on Shibboleth technology, on behalf of the UK education and research community.

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UK federation website launched

Posted on Wednesday, 29 November 2006

Welcome to the UK federation website, which was launched on 29th November, a day before the federation itself. Comments and suggestions about improving this website are welcome. Please send feedback to the UK federation helpdesk

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Salford Software joins the Federation

Posted on Friday, 20 October 2006

Salford Software, 'The identity specialist', recently joined the federation as an identity provider. More information about Salford Software is available here.

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Thames Valley University

Posted on Wednesday, 11 October 2006

Thames Valley University has joined the federation as an institutional identity provider. Edited by SteveGlover

University of Liverpool

Posted on Wednesday, 11 October 2006

The University of Liverpool has joined the federation as an institutional identity provider.

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Shibboleth Service Provider Security Advisory

Posted on Tuesday, 3 October 2006

A Shibboleth Service Provider Security Advisory was issued today. Updated versions of the Shibboleth 1.3 and 1.2.1 Service Provider software are now available which correct a security issue. The full text of the Advisory is available here. Edited by SteveGlover

Nottingham Trent University

Posted on Tuesday, 19 September 2006

Nottingham Trent University has become the latest institutional identity provider within the federation. read more... Edited by SteveGlover

ProtectNetwork

Posted on Monday, 28 August 2006

The federation now includes ProtectNetwork, an open identity provider service that enables users to self-register, and then provides them with a free digital identity. Edited by SteveGlover

Typekey

Posted on Thursday, 3 August 2006

The federation now includes an identity provider that allows TypeKey identities to be accessed within the federation. TypeKey is an open access, free identity service developed by Six Apart, Inc.

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Closure of EDINA BIOSIS service

Posted on Tuesday, 1 August 2006

The EDINA BIOSIS service was withdrawn on 31st July 2006. Edited by SteveGlover

University College, London

Posted on Monday, 3 July 2006

University College, London (UCL) has joined the federation as an institutional Identity Provider. Edited by SteveGlover

Metaleth Project

Posted on Monday, 3 July 2006

Metaleth, an early adopter project based at the University of Bristol, has joined the federation as an Identity Provider. The project is implementing a Shibboleth environment, and integrating it with the Ex Libris Group's library portal product Metalib as a Shibboleth Service Provider. Edited by SteveGlover