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> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:03:02 +0000
> From: NODA Hideaki <>
> Subject: EZProxy v. Shibboleth?
> To: 
>
> Dear all;
>
>   Our UPKI-fed, the Japanese access management federation, regards that
> SSO for e-resources is the most persuasive merit of Shibboleth for librarians.
> However, we feel some difficulties to promote our federation only with this
> insistence.
>   As same as in UK, there are many universities in Japan which
> use EZProxy as a tool of  SSO for their libraries' e-resources.
> Considering Shibboleth as a tool for SSO, some of them claim that
> it is difficult to find any significant advantage over their
> EZProxy-based SSO systems.
>
>   Then, how do you think the merit / demerit of...
>
> 1) Shibboleth-only SSO service,
> 2) Non-Shibbolized EZProxy-based SSO,
> 3) Hybrid SSO with Shibboleth and Shibbolized EZProxy ?
>
> Please show us your opinions.
>
>   Best wishes;
>
>   Hideaki
>
>
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> NODA, Hideaki
>
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