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==Useful Links==
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===Glossary===
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* [[Shibboleth Glossary]]
Shibboleth is an international development supporting authentication and authorisation for web-based applications, based on international standards. Raven has supported the Shibboleth protocol (in addition to the older, local [[Raven/Webauth | Webauth]] protocol) since September 2007.


===Background===
; '''[[Shibboleth background and reference]]''' : links, mainly external, to background and reference information about Shibboleth and the Raven/Shibboleth service
 
; '''[[Shibboleth software]]''' : sources of software implementing the Shibboleth protocol
* "Federated Security: The Shibboleth Approach", R. L. "Bob" Morgan, Scott Cantor, Steven Carmody, Walter Hoehn, and Ken Klingenstein -  [http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/eqm04/eqm0442.asp as html]; [http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0442.pdf as pdf]
; '''[[Shibboleth documentation and HOWTOs]]''' : additional documentation and HOWTOs
* 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]
* [http://hdl.handle.net/1988/2771 John Paschoud's 'Shibboleth: Guide for SysAdmins']
* [http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~jw35/courses/itliaison/shib/ Jon's IT Liaison Meeting presentation] Jan 2007
* [http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/newsletter/2007/nl231/mail.html#6 CS Newsletter Article] (Jan 2007)
 
===Organizations===
 
* [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ JISC], and their [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/CMRoadmap03_05.doc Shibboleth plans] (MS Word format, sorry)
* [http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA]
* [http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/ The UK Access Management Federation]
 
===Software and reference===
 
* [http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/ Internet2 Shibboleth Project]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security SAML]
* [http://www.educause.edu/eduperson/ EduPerson] (while Shib doesn't require the EduPerson LDAP schema, it does use it to define some attributes)
* Athens:
** [http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/Access_Passwords.htm#Athens Local]
** [http://www.athensams.net/ From Eduserv]
 
==Demo links==
 
UK Federation test targets (only the first will work from Lapwing):
* https://target.sdss.ac.uk/secure/index.html
* https://target.iay.org.uk:8446/secure/index.html
* https://target.iay.org.uk:8446/secure/printenv.cgi
* https://nevis.ed.ac.uk:8885/cgi-bin/printenv
 
Example SPs:
* [https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/SHIB/WebHome Shibboleth Project Wiki]
* [https://weather.atomwide.com/ Atomwide Weather Project]
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/ ScienceDirect]
* [http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk/shibb.shtml Film & Sound Online]
 
These and other SPs are listed on the UK Federation's [http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/AvailableServices Available Services] page.
 
* [https://mnementh.csi.cam.ac.uk/secure/ Local demo site] on mnementh

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Shibboleth is an international development supporting authentication and authorisation for web-based applications, based on international standards. Raven has supported the Shibboleth protocol (in addition to the older, local Webauth protocol) since September 2007.

Shibboleth background and reference
links, mainly external, to background and reference information about Shibboleth and the Raven/Shibboleth service
Shibboleth software
sources of software implementing the Shibboleth protocol
Shibboleth documentation and HOWTOs
additional documentation and HOWTOs
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