aim roadmap service provider seminar david orrell senior architect october 2010
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AIM RoadmapService Provider SeminarDavid OrrellSenior Architect
October 2010
UK Federation
Just over 800 members (in Sept 2010)o Over 1100 entities (Identity Providers
and Service Providers)o 650 Identity Providerso 45% of IdPs use Eduserv
software/services
International Federations
27 international federations*o In education and research
About 1600 Identity ProvidersAlmost 2000 Service ProvidersAround 15.5m users
* Source: http://www.terena.org/activities/refeds/
Challenges ahead…
The user experience1
Challenges ahead…
The user experience2
Challenges ahead…
The user experience3
Challenges ahead…
What happens when stuff breaksDiagnostics, reporting etc …4
Challenges ahead…
Productise, integrate, uniteAppliances + cloud services5
Challenges ahead…
Keeping software up-to-dateEnsure you can interoperate6
OpenAthens LA
Identity providero Federates a user repository (eg. ActiveDirectory)
Run locally by an organisationSupplied as a VM ‘appliance’Just released version 2.1
Project ‘Monteverde’
Targeted for Identity ProvidersCloud-hosted infrastructure
① User access point② Identity management API
③ Complete hosted ‘stack’
OpenAthens SP
Service Provider integration kitMulti-protocol integration with Identity Providers
o SAML 1.1, 2.0, OpenID etc.
Currently version 1.3Version 2.0 GA early 2011
Manage service description
Create and view your configurations
Manage contact information
Add newfederations
Update service configuration
Simple software updates
Further ahead….
Service health-check
Alert about service problemsPre-emptively warn about well-known problemso Expired certificateo Clock drift
Available in version 2.1
Schedule regular checks
Test suite
Outcomes
