David,
This is good to know that I will get back to you as soon as we
are ready to test these features.
With best regards,
Ulrike
Von: David Kennedy
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Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Juli 2009 20:36
An: Lengwenat, Ulrike, Springer DE
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Betreff: Re: [InC-Lib-Vendor] AW: Springer and InCommon Library Services
Collaboration
Ulrike,
Thank you for
your response and helping our group.
As you roll out
new features in the near future, we have a group of institutions gathered on
this list that may be able to help with testing or feedback if you would like.
Thanks
Dave
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David Kennedy
Systems Programmer
Perkins Library, Duke University
(919) 613-6831
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David,
Please
find my answers to your questions below.
With
best regards,
Ulrike
Lengwenat
Springer
Global Manager Access
SpringerLink
Operations, eProduct Management & Innovation
Tiergartenstr.
17, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany
tel + 49 (0) 6221 487 8315
www.springerlink.com
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don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
Von: David Kennedy
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. Juli 2009 15:54
An: Lengwenat, Ulrike, Springer DE
Cc:
Betreff: Springer and InCommon Library Services Collaboration
Ulrike,
I am writing you on behalf of the InCommon Library Services Collaboration.
We represent a group of research libraries who are working to expand the use of
Shibboleth among members of the InCommon federation. As part of that effort, we
are gathering information from vendors about how they have implemented
Shibboleth. By making this information more accessible, we hope to make it
easier for libraries to use the technology. We also would like to help develop
common practices among vendors that would simplify the implementation process
for everyone involved and make Shibboleth an attractive option for users.
We think that expanding the use of Shibboleth will help you in various ways:
1. Provide a more secure means of access than IP authentication.
2. Provide better tools for identifying who is responsible when breaches
occur.
3. Make it possible for users to take advantage of personalized features
on a site without requiring them to open a local account maintained by the vendor.
4. Help to start moving away from IP-based authentication and the
overhead it requires.
We ask that you answer the following questions, as they relate to your products
and services:
1. What are the minimum attributes you require from an Identity Provider
for basic Shibboleth authentication?
None,
but this may change really soon.
2. What additional services, if any, do you provide through Shibboleth
beyond basic login, for example, personalization. If you do provide additional
services, what is required to enable them?
We
do not support personalization at this time, but will in the near future.
3. Do you support "WAYFless" access, that is, access that does
not require a user to identify where they are from in order to reach his or her
local authentication system?
We
do not support ‘WAYFless URLs’ at this time, but will in the near futre.
4. Do you support direct Shibboleth-authenticated links to resources?
No,
this will be implemented at the same time as the WAYFless URLs.
5. Who should libraries contact if they want to set up Shibboleth access
to your site or if they have questions or problems?
for
technical issues
For
all other issues:
We appreciate your willingness to help us in this effort.
David Kennedy, Duke University
Adam Chandler, Cornell University
Andy Ingham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jonathan Lavigne, Stanford University
Kent Percival, University of Guelph
Joy Veronneau, Cornell University
Jason Zavar, OCLC
Fred Zhang, Michigan State University
Foster Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
[please send response email to ]
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David Kennedy
Systems Programmer
Perkins Library, Duke University
(919) 613-6831
