JANET(UK) Announces the new JANET Certificate Service
Posted on Friday, 20 November 2009
JANET(UK) is pleased to announce the launch of the new JANET Certificate Service. read more...
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Security Advisories for Shibboleth Service Providers in the UK federation: second advisory
Posted on Monday, 17 August 2009
This advisory addresses an issue with incorrect handling of the "use" attribute in metadata <KeyDescriptor> elements. We do not believe that a service provider deployed purely within the UK federation (i.e., consuming only UK federation metadata) would be affected by this issue. read more...
Edited by SteveGlover (Permalink)
Security Advisories for Shibboleth Service Providers in the UK federation: first advisory
Posted on Monday, 17 August 2009
The issue described by this advisory could potentially be exploited to allow an attacker to impersonate almost any identity provider within the UK federation. This would require the attacker to have persuaded one of the certification authorities trusted by the UK federation to have issued a certificate with a specially constructed invalid name. read more...
Edited by SteveGlover (Permalink)
Rolling upgrade from Shibboleth 1.3 IdP to Shibboleth 2.x IdP
Posted on Wednesday, 29 April 2009
As the Shibboleth 1.3 identity provider (IdP) software approaches end-of-life, sites using it will need to address the issue of upgrading to Shibboleth 2.x. read more...
Edited by SteveGlover (Permalink)
RSC East Midlands FAM case study
Posted on Wednesday, 15 April 2009
RSC East Midlands has produced a case study on behalf of the Excellence Gateway, based on the work carried out by Loughborough College and West Nottinghamshire College, in their search for single sign-on to eletronic resources
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Regional Event, Bristol
Posted on Thursday, 5 March 2009
There is less than a week left to register for the regional UK federation event that JANET (UK) will be hosting on the 11th March 2009, at Jurys Hotel, Bristol.
Edited by RachelFreeman (Permalink)
Shibboleth 1.3 end-of-life announcement; Shibboleth 2 support
Posted on Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Here is information regarding the support for versions of Shibboleth in the UK federation and an announcement from the Internet2 developers of Shibboleth.
Edited by JohnMurison (Permalink)
Invitation to Tender for the JISC Collections Service Provider Interface Study
Posted on Monday, 2 February 2009
JISC Collections wishes to commission a study to explore the approaches taken by Service Providers to the implementation of federated access management, and its effect on the End User experience.
Edited by SteveGlover (Permalink)
UK federation Service Update
Posted on Tuesday, 6 January 2009
As the number of members reaches over 600, and continues to grow each month, support for organisations remains an important element of the UK federation.
Edited by RachelFreeman (Permalink)