Striving to be a better version of yourself? The Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) has certainly achieved this, now at version 5, surpassing its predecessor, version 4, which will see the end of support from the Shibboleth project in September 2024. Which version are you currently using? Maintaining an up-to-date Shibboleth IdP is a crucial component […]
Category: Federated Services
Introduction Since the Research and Education (R&E) hackathon in February last year, the Federated Credential Management API (FedCM) API has moved to the point where its basic functionality has been included in Google Chrome and most Chromium-based web browsers such as Microsoft Edge. It’s become clearer that the main consumer of FedCM is Google themselves, specifically […]
A recent incident affecting a small number of entities in the UK federation has alerted us to some issues related to the distribution of default cryptographic keys. The following advice applies to both service providers (SP) and identity providers (IdP). The risk of using a default key is that someone may impersonate you. As […]
User tracking for digital marketing can violate user privacy on the web. Now that browser vendors are looking to implement methods to stop user tracking, we must ensure these methods do not clobber other frameworks which protect privacy such as Single SignOn through the UK federation, SAML and OpenID Connect. Problems and mitigations Digital […]
We all know how it goes. We face a challenge, we find a solution, we implement it, and if we’re lucky – it works! Before you know it – the successful solution is all but forgotten. Neglected. A distant memory in the chaos of the day-to-day; buried beneath a pile of new challenges that we’re […]
One of the many impacts of the post-COVID 19 pandemic in the library space was the increase in demand for remote access to electronic resources. This, however, is not enough. For libraries to get better engagement and more resource usage from their patrons, there is also the need for a high-quality user experience, where resources […]