Authentication » History » Version 1
Chris Cannam, 2010-10-20 12:34 PM
| 1 | 1 | Chris Cannam | h1. Authentication and single sign-on |
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| 3 | 1 | Chris Cannam | Systems we may be able to make use of |
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| 5 | 1 | Chris Cannam | * "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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| 7 | 1 | Chris Cannam | * "RADIUS":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS -- hierarchical authentication system used by "Eduroam":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduroam |
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| 9 | 1 | Chris Cannam | * "OpenID":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid -- replaces stored password on site. Provides no additional information that could be used for authorisation purposes. |