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[Guy Halse <guy AT tenet.ac.za>]

    Hi

On 2021/11/17 21:16, Valeriu Vraciu wrote:

    We have
      a request to join eduGain as an IdP from an accredited by the
      Ministry of Education private university, with which we did not
      have any relation (until this request). They are not connected to
      our network and do not use any service from us, so first reaction
      seems to be a no go. Any information regarding how other
      federations deal with such cases can help us to decide further. 
      Our policy does not cover this case, maybe an update will be worth
      too. 
    
    
    When we built our federation, I (fortunately) predicted this case
    because we'd seen it in eduroam.
    
    The way we handle it is by defining eligibility to join the
    federation in terms of eligibility to use the broader suite of NREN
    services, rather than requiring that those services be taken up.
    Obviously we'd like to be a network provider. But that approach
    means it is possible to join the federation but not buy bandwidth
    from us, so long as you would be allow to buy bandwidth if you
    wanted to. 
    
    At the moment we have one such member in the federation. The only
    services they consume from us are federation and eduroam. We have a
    separate billing model for that case.
    
    Regards,
    
    - Guy
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