shib enable: taming the beast ken klingenstein director, internet2 middleware and security

Shib Enable: Taming the beast

Ken KlingensteinDirector, Internet2 Middleware and Security

Shib-enable

• Two lists:• Shib-enable: major Shib federations (UK, US,

Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, etc.); primarily library-oriented

• Shib-enable-vendor: shib-enable + SP’s• Purpose is to build some consistency,

common practices, etc in the use of Shib with content providers and perhaps others (transcripts, NCAA, etc.)

Types of activities

•Largely email list discussions•Some coordinated work with major vendors•based on priority list •Advocacy, common standards, etc.

•Cross-pollinates with other federation activities

Priority List3= high priority, 2 = much interest, 1= basic priority/interest TotalUS CH DE DK ES FI FR NL UK

CSA 5 3 2

EBSCO 12 3 3 3 3

Elsevier Science Direct 14 2 3 3 3 3

EZProxy 7 3 3 1

Institute of Physics Publishing 6 3 3

ISI 8 2 2 2 2

JSTOR 11 3 1 3 3 1

OVID (OvidWeb and WebSPIRS) -- UK, Germany, France 9 3 3 3

Springer 7 2 3 2

Taylor and Francis -- UK 5 2 3

Thomson Gale (UK-LSE) 6 1 1 1 3

Thomson ISI products ES,FR, UK 10 3 3 1 3

Thomson Scientific, CH, FR 6 3 3

NL kuipers@surf.nl

Current issues

• WAYF – when to use and what to display• Standard attribute release approaches• eduPersonaffiliation for default• eduPersonTargetedId for stateful anonymous• eduPersonPrincipalName for identity

• Session model• Especially multiple attribute releases within a

session