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Chris Cannam, 2010-10-20 12:34 PM

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h1. Authentication and single sign-on
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Systems we may be able to make use of
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* "Shibboleth":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_(Internet2) -- federated authentication with some additional user metadata.  The QM library has recently switched to this (from Athens) for e-resource access, see http://www.library.qmul.ac.uk/node/1647.  Talk to Jez Clark (librarian); also Martin Evans (http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/mdtevans/) who runs existing central QM Subversion server etc.
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* "RADIUS":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS -- hierarchical authentication system used by "Eduroam":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduroam
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* "OpenID":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid -- replaces stored password on site.  Provides no additional information that could be used for authorisation purposes.