Federation 101 is the first attempt of the Task to create a module for people who have very limited or no knowledge of AAI.
The module is on the main website at the following link : https://aarc-project.eu/documents/training-modules/federations-101/
In order to create the module, the following well know and available material on the topic was reviewed:
List on Information Resources and Training Material on Federated Identity Management
File Name/Resource | Subject | Title | Description | Creator | Date | Source | Language | Audience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | https://www.switch.ch/aai/demo/simple/ | Shibboleth | AAI Simple Demo | Short and non-technical introduction about the general procedure of a Shibboleth login. Basic Introduction to Shibboleth login. This demo describes about 1. User connectivity, 2. Home organization selection 3. User authentication 4. resource access 5. Summery of Shibboleth login | SWITCH | https://www.switch.ch/aai/demo/simple/ | English | Non-technical | ||
| 2. | https://www.switch.ch/aai/demo/medium/ | Shibboleth | AAI Demo | This page demonstrates and explains the Shibboleth login procedure in greater detail and more technically | SWITCH | English | Basic technical level | |||
| 3. | Shibboleth | AAI Expert Demo | This page demonstrates and explains the Shibboleth login procedure with back-end technical details. Background processes and interacting components are also considered in this introduction. | SWITCH | English | Advanced technical level | ||||
| 4. | Shibboleth | Shibboleth Identity provider deployment | This guide describes the installation of the Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) for deployments in the SWITCHaai federation. Describing System requirements, SQL databases, Shibboleth Idps and registration | SWITCH | English | Basic technical level | ||||
| 5. | https://www.switch.ch/aai/guides/ | IdP, SP, AAI design, Service discovery | Guides for SWITCHaai | This documentation is description of installation and configuration of Identity Provider or Service Provider in the context of SWITCHaai. | SWITCH | https://www.switch.ch/aai/guides/ | English | Advanced technical level | ||
| 6. | Shibboleth | Shibboleth Documentation | This is a wiki page contains all information about the latest Identity provider IDP30 and latest service provider SHIB2 | (Publisher) - Wikipedia | https://wiki.shibboleth.net/ | English | Advanced technical level | |||
| 7. | https://www.switch.ch/aai/docs/AAI_Attr_Specs.pdf | Idps -Attribute Specifications | AAI | This document standardizes the attributes among all organizations participating in SWITCHaai. It contains 3 chapters. 1. introduction about privacy, data protection and security 2. Attributes specifications 3. Attribute definition (In captor 3 we can find how to diffend different attributes like ...User names, Date, Phone numbers etc.) | SWITCH | 07-11-2012 | English | Medium technical level | ||
| 8. | Workshop-SAML_2014-04-07_Präsentation-v3 | SAML, Shibboleth SP, Shibboleth IdP | SAML-Workshop | Detailed PPT on SAML, Shibboleth, ADFS and how to shibbolize applications. | Steffen Hofmann, Martin Haase | 07-04-2014 | PPT | German | Basic technical level | |
| 9. | ShibSP-DARIAH-2012-06-04_v0.02 | Shibboleth SP | Shibboleth Service Provider | Workshop slides on Shibboleth with practical demos and hands-on training | Martin Haase | 04-06-2012 | English | Medium technical level | ||
| 10. | DARIAH-DASISH-AAI-WS_Day1_v0.07 | Shibboleth IdP, Shibboleth SP and SAML | DARIAH-DASISH-AAI-Workshop, Day 1: Developer Workshop on Shibboleth and SAML enabling Applications | Detailed presentation on SAML, Shibboleth, DARIAH Java SP, Approach for Shibbolizing applications, PHP framework, IdP discovery, DARIAH Authorization et.al | Martin Haasse | 16-01-2014 | English | Advanced technical level | ||
| 11. | 013.10.17.CLARIN.and.ShibbolethIntegration.into.the. LAT. Software.stack.Willem.Elbers.v3 | Shibboleth Integration into LAT | CLARIN and Shibboleth Integration into the LAT software stack | A presentation on CLARIN and Shibboleth configurations, Homeless IDPs and other issues. | Willem Elbers, The Language Archive – Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 17-0ct-2013 | file:///013.10.17.CLARIN.and.ShibbolethIntegration.into.the. LAT. Software.stack.Willem.Elbers.v3.pdf | English | Medium technical level | ||
| 12. | AAI_JavaSP_v2 | Authentications, SP | Access and Authentication Infrastructures Workshop (Java - SP) | A PPT on Open SAML, OASIS, AAI and Authentication for SPs | Tobias Gradl | 05-08-2015 | file:/// AAI_JavaSP_v2.pdf | English | Medium technical level | |
| 13. | https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/CISDOC/Shibboleth+Single+Sign+On+Documentation | Shibboleth, Authorization, access, control | Shibboleth Single Sign On Documentation | Basic documentation on Shibboleth | Sep 16, 2008 | https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/CISDOC/Shibboleth+Single+Sign+On+Documentation | English | Basic technical level | ||
| 14. | http://csrdu.org/blog/2011/07/04/shibboleth-idp-sp-installation-configuration/ | Idp, sp configuration | Shibboleth IdP and SP Installation and Configuration | Online tutorial on how to install and configure Shibboleth | Sohail | 04-07-2011 | http://csrdu.org/blog/2011/07/04/shibboleth-idp-sp-installation-configuration/ | English | Medium technical level | |
| 15. | Inside Look - SAML Federation with BIG-IP | SAML, Big-IP, SP | Inside Look - SAML Federation with BIG-IP | Peter Silva gets an Inside Look at BIG-IP's new SAML Federation functionality with Sr. Security Solution Architect, Gary Zaleski. He covers BIG-IP as a SAML Service Provider (SP) and BIG-IP as an Identity Provider (IdP). | Peter Silva | 29-01-2013 | English | Medium technical level | ||
16. | Idp v3 | Identity Provider 3 | Wiki page to describe IdP v3 and its configurations. It is devided into the following subsections: SystemRequirements, ReleaseNotes, DeployerResources, DeveloperResources, Contributions and Extensions, SecurityAdvisories and DoINeedAFactoryBean | Chad La Joie, Scott Cantor | 07-05-2015 | English | Medium technical level | |||
| 17. | Benefits of Federated Identity | Generic benefits of federated identity for a SP | Benefits of Federated Identity | Power Point slides | Mikael Lindén HAKA | 10-02-2009 | Haka internal wiki | |||
| 18. | http://meetings.internet2.edu/2014-technology-exchange/detail/10003471/ | IAM basics | Introduction to Identity Management | Slides. What is IAM? General overview of identity and access management. Very little explicit mention of federation. | Internet2 | November 2014 | Slides and Video | English | Non-Technical | |
| 19. | Benefits of eduGain | How to benefit from interfederating through eduGain | Basics of federations and their benefits. Video | eduGain/Geant | May 2013 | Video | English | Non-Technical, Decision Makers | ||
| 20. | Federated Access Security benefits | Federating access – the key to improving online security? | Article highlighting security advantages for using FIM | ISGTW | April 2010 | Article | English | Technical, Decision Makers | ||
| 21. | Features (Benefits) of Federation | Features of Federation | Bulleted list of features of federations, could be used as inspiration for a powerpoint etc | InCommon |
| Website | English | Non-Technical, Decision Makers | ||
| 22. | Introduction to FIM | Introduction to Federated Identity Management | Slides for webinar of introduction to FIM. Webinar available athttps://incommon.org/iamonline/John O’Keefe discussed how Lafayette College leverages their existing identity management infrastructures to provide single sign-on access to resources both on- and off-campus. He outlined the value of InCommon Federation participation, including the security and privacy benefits, particularly in this era of outsourced services and resources | InCommon | February 2010 | Slides | English | Non-Technical, End Users | ||
| 23. | https://incommon.org/docs/iamonline/IAM_Online_8_Apr_2010.pdf | Steps to getting FIM running | Making Federation Happen | John O'Keefe and Joel Cooper demonstrate how schools of all sizes can get started with InCommon and federated identity management, including identifying the specific policy and technical steps that lead to successfully joining InCommon and leveraging your identity management system for use with resource providers. | InCommon | April 2010 | Slides | English | Decision Makers, Non-Technical | |
| 24. | Federated Access | Federated Access Basics | This is already linked on the AARC webpage. Basic introduction to FIM. | Kent Learning Zone | Jan 2008 | Video | English | Non-Technical | ||
| 25. | FIM Basics | 7 things you should know about Federated Identity Management | 2 page handout covering the basics of FIM, with a scientific use case | EDUCAUSE | September 2009 | Leaflet | English | Non-Technical |