Shibboleth®

The Shibboleth System is a standards based, open source software package for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources in a privacy-preserving manner.

• New JAVA Service Provider Implementation Based on OpenSAML 2 (Sep 6, 2008)
  The Danish Government has released free toolkits and reference implementations built on the OpenSAML 2.0 libraries developed by Internet2's Shibboleth Project.
• UK Access Management Federation formally launched (July 31, 2008)
• Holy grail of IDs (SC Magazine - May 22, 2008)
• EBSCO Extends Shibboleth Authentication Service into Germany (May 22, 2008)
• InCommon Provides Online Identity Management Platform for Microsoft DreamSpark Program (May 22, 2008)
• Identity Management Streamlined at University of Texas Campuses (Government Technology - Apr 28, 2008)
• Shibboleth authentication tool upgraded (Government Computer News - April 22, 2008
  Open-source suite for federated identity management gets improved security, easier management
• Shibboleth 2.0 Now Available (March 19, 2008)
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• Shibboleth 2 Install Fests, Zurich, Switzerland, January 21-23, 2009
  This hands-on workshop will only take place if a sufficient number of people registers for it. In a first phase, we would like only people registering from the Swiss Higher education (staff members of SWITCHaai federation members and organizations that can become federation members).
• UK Federation Regional Event: Moving towards implementation, Leeds, UK, Oct. 28, 2008
  The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for delegates to identify and discuss the anticipated challenges for participation in the federation; to explore the options available, and share experiences with their peers at different stages of deploying access management.
• Implementing Shibboleth at your Organisation - Recurring training sessions presented by JANET(UK)
• Shibboleth InstallFests - an outreach effort of Internet2 to:
  • provide local and regional training on the installation of Shibboleth.
  • provide an intensive training workshop, allowing participants to leave with an instance of Shibboleth ready to install.
• Past Events...