The Open Athens Experience
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The OpenAthens Experience
Transcript of The Open Athens Experience
The OpenAthens Experience
OpenAthens
•What it is
•What it does
•What’s different
•How you can use it
•Migration
OpenAthens
•What it is:OpenAthens is a framework of services
comprising: identity management, ‘gateway’ functionality and flexible service provider solutions. It allows an institution to be a full member of the UK Access Management federation without the need for complex technical implementations. Not only is OpenAthens the simplest way to participate in the UK federation, it also represents excellent value when compared to the cost of implementing Shibboleth yourself, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Sed mattis, odio quis euismod dictum, orci magna auctor arcu, eget condimentum mi odio eu neque. Morbi eros dolor, rhoncus a, gravida ut, pharetra eu, eros. Sed mollis, pede luctus fringilla aliquam, sapien nulla tristique pede, id volutpat libero pede ac magna. Praesent auctor ornare est. Ut egestas nisi id risus. Fusce molestie. Ut quis turpis vel justo lacinia scelerisque. Nulla facilisi. Duis mattis nisi at pede. Cras metus. Nulla facilisi. Vestibulum sapien quam, porttitor sed, sodales eu, laoreet a, velit. Proin luctus vehicula lectus. Maecenas sed ligula nec sem sollicitudin adipiscing. Sed mollis, pede luctus fringilla aliquam, sapien nulla tristique pede, id volutpat libero pede ac magna. Praesent auctor ornare est. Ut egestas nisi id risus. Fusce molestie. Ut quis turpis vel justo lacinia scelerisque. Nulla facilisi. Duis mattis nisi at pede. Cras metus. Nulla facilisi. Vestibulum sapien quam, porttitor sed, sodales eu, laoreet a, velit.
OpenAthens
•What that means:
OpenAthens
•What it does
•The Athens bits
•The federation bits
•The service provider bits
OpenAthens
•The Athens bits
•Managed and/or local directory
OpenAthensInstitutionsInstitutions
OpenAthensOpenAthens
OpenAthensIdentityBroker
Shibboleth protected resources
OpenAthens SP protected resources
Athens, ShibbolethCardSpace, OpenID
Athens protected resources
Local Directory
ServiceProviders
OpenAthens Managed Directory
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1: Managed Directory
2: Local Authentication
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CB
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•The Athens bits
•Managed and/or local directory
•Choices
•Continuity
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•The federation bits
•Access Shibboleth stuff
•Simple
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•The federation bits
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•The federation bits
•Attributes
•Permission sets
eduPersonTargetedIDeduPersonScopedAffiliationeduPersonEntitlement
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•Permission setsBasic resources
Humanities
Sciences
Medical
Staff
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•User experience
•Athens = Same
•Shibboleth = Small difference
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•User experience
•Add a panel for Shib or any other resources
OpenAthens
•The federation bits (LA)
•Almost anything as LA source
•Access Athens stuff
•Simple
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•The service provider bits
OpenAthens
•What’s different?
•Some new functions
•Familiar
•Simple
•Non-technical Helpdesk
•Non-Technical Help
•Licensing
•Legal
•Challenges of federation
OpenAthens
•Non-Technical Help examples
•What does this clause mean?
•When will I be billed?
•How much is X or Y?
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OpenAthens
•How you can use it
•MyAthens(more from Tom later)
•Permission sets•No mandated methods
(as long as you follow all the rules)
OpenAthens
•How you can use it•No mandated methods
(as long as you follow all the rules)
–User groups
–Self-registration / bulk upload
–To sub or not to sub?
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•Migration
•Simple to move to the solution that suits you:–OpenAthens Local Auth
–Shibboleth
–Others
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