An open discussion list for topics related to the eduGAIN interfederation service.

[Leif Johansson <leifj AT sunet.se>]

On 12/05/2013 11:58 AM, Peter Schober wrote:
> * Glenn Wearen <glenn.wearen AT heanet.ie> [2013-12-05 11:32]:
>> So far I've identified the Terena SP (TNC2014 registration), eduroam
>> monitor, and a okeanos-global,  but perhaps are there others I
>> missed?
> If aiming for widely useable services the services will need to be
> rather generic (hardly surprising). As such Foodle is quite popular.
> And unless you'e running a Filesender instance yourself (seems you do,
> anyway) FUNET has exposed its own via eduGAIN, which might be an
> option at least for institutions well-connected to GEANT.
>
> But just as there is no one "killer service" for all federations (if
> there were such they were rather unique to each federation, from
> elearning platforms to video conferencing) there is no expectation
> that there will be one for eduGAIN.

I have an idea for one: lets build an idp-sp proxy that only releases
eduPerson(Scoped)Affiliation - not even a persistent identifier. That
attribute and a single IdP interface to that attribute is *exactly* what
student discount services want.

        Cheers Leif