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[Davide Vaghetti <davide.vaghetti AT garr.it>]

Hello everyone,

I'm forwarding a call for participation to a REFEDS Assurance WG
sub-group to further advance the REFEDS Multi-Factor Authentication
(MFA) Profile and its implementations.

If you are interested, please answer the doodle at the end of the mail.

Regards,
Davide

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:        [refeds] Call for Participants of a sub-group to the REFEDS
Assurance Working Group to add guidance to the REFEDS MFA Profile
Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 15:06:28 +0000
From:   Ziegler, Jule <Jule.Ziegler AT lrz.de>
Reply-To:       refeds AT lists.refeds.org
To:     refeds AT lists.refeds.org <refeds AT lists.refeds.org>



Dear REFEDS colleagues,

 

I’d kindly ask you to draw your attention to the following Call for
Participants. In case you’re a federation operator, please also
distribute this email to your members!

 

 

**What**: We need to make REFEDS MFA easier to understand and use

**Why**: Everything is not clear, and NIH MFA deadline is coming up

**How**: Getting a group of people together

**When**: See Doodle poll below

 

The REFEDS Assurance Working Group, which is the body that updates the
REFEDS Assurance Framework, the REFEDS Single Factor Authentication
Profile, and the REFEDS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Profile, is
forming a subgroup, called the MFA Subgroup, to enhance implementation
guidance for the REFEDS MFA Profile. This call solicits participation in
that subgroup.

 

This MFA Subgroup will consider a range of use cases that have been
compiled for which enhanced guidance is expected to facilitate broader
adoption of the REFEDS MFA Profile. Such guidance may take the form of
best practice documentation, configuration examples,  implementation
examples, or other enhanced documentation.

 

The MFA Subgroup is expected to produce initial guidance in a short time
frame, aiming for the end of June 2021, focused on what its members deem
to be the easiest and most important use cases to address. The MFA
Subgroup may continue its work past that date to address further use
cases and produce further guidance.

 

Because of this short time frame, the MFA Subgroup is expected to meet
every week, at a time to be determined by doodle poll. Interested
parties can respond to this poll immediately. Please also reply to the
sender of this message to signal your interest in participating.

 

https://doodle.com/poll/594stvwia4c9dwyd

 

The MFA Subgroup will report all of its recommendations to the REFEDS
Assurance WG, which will coordinate with subgroup members on getting the
recommendations published in appropriate places, often within the REFEDS
Assurance WG wiki site.

 

The MFA Subgroup will not modify the REFEDS MFA Profile but it may
decide to recommend to the Assurance WG that specific modifications
should be implemented.

 

Thank you for your help in making the REFEDS MFA Profile as successful
as possible!

 

Fredrik Domeij (SWAMID, Chair of REFEDS MFA Subgroup) and Jule Ziegler
(LRZ, Chair of REFEDS Assurance WG)

 

 

 

Jule Ziegler

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre      / Tel.:  +49-89-35831-7832

Boltzmannstrasse 1                              

85748 Garching, Germany

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