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There are many web-based authentication systems. Some of these systems can or must delegate actually identifying people to other systems. Delegating to Raven would allow members of the University to dispence with yet another password.
There are many web-based authentication systems. Some of these systems can or must delegate actually identifying people to other systems. Delegating to Raven would allow members of the University to dispense with yet another password.


==Shibboleth==
==Shibboleth==


[http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/ Shibboleth] is a Federated Security Infrastructure being developed in the USA and increasingly being considered for use within .ac.uk. [http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/eqm04/eqm0442.asp Federated Security: The Shibboleth Approach] is a good introduction.
Raven now supports [[Raven/Shibboleth | Shibboleth]].
 
Part 3 of "Web Services Security", Bilal Siddiqui, talks about SAML (the Security Assertions Markup Language) which is what underpins Shibboleth. [http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/03/04/security.html Part 1] [http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/04/01/security.html Part 2] [http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/05/13/security.html Part 3] [http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/07/22/security.html Part 4]


==OpenID==
==OpenID==


[http://openid.net/ OpenID] is a decentralized identity system that appears to have connections with the [http://www.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal] community. At least one member of the University has constructed a bridge between Raven and OpenID.
[http://openid.net/ OpenID] is a decentralized identity system that appears to have connections with the [http://www.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal] community. [[User:bjh21|Ben Harris]]  has constructed [http://bjh21.me.uk/corvid/ a bridge between Raven and OpenID].

Latest revision as of 22:23, 15 October 2007

There are many web-based authentication systems. Some of these systems can or must delegate actually identifying people to other systems. Delegating to Raven would allow members of the University to dispense with yet another password.

Shibboleth

Raven now supports Shibboleth.

OpenID

OpenID is a decentralized identity system that appears to have connections with the LiveJournal community. Ben Harris has constructed a bridge between Raven and OpenID.