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Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] eduGAIN and non "academic" IdPs


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  • From: Leif Johansson <leifj AT sunet.se>
  • To: Rhys Smith <Rhys.Smith AT jisc.ac.uk>
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  • Subject: Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] eduGAIN and non "academic" IdPs
  • Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:53:11 +0100
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On 12/01/2014 11:24 AM, Rhys Smith wrote:
>
>> On 28 Nov 2014, at 20:48, Leif Johansson <leifj AT SUNET.SE> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't see a way that IDPs such as ProtectNetwork or even "outsourced"
>>> IDPs that are run on behalf of both universities and schools could
>>> possibly carry any of the ECs proposed today.
>>
>> An outsourced IdPs could certainly carry the academic EC - the
>> requirement would have to be that the organization running the IdP
>> has a certain property.
>
> Well, the organisation(s) that the IdP is representing, rather than the org
> that is running the IdP.
>
> About 1/3 or more of UKfed IdPs are outsourced to commercial providers.
> That means that not allowing outsourced IdPs to carry an academic EC would
> mean that >200 UK universities and colleges aren’t allowed to call
> themselves “academic”. Which would be interesting.
>

indeed





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