Participants
Proposers
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| CSC | |
| CSC |
GN4-3 project team
| Name | Organisation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| CSC | PI, Developer | |
| CSC | PI,Developer | |
| SURFnet | Scrum master | |
| GEANT Association | Mentor |
Stakeholders
| Name | Organisation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Knight | Shibboleth Consortium | |
| Scott Cantor | Shibboleth Consortium |
Activity Overview
Description
The Shibboleth OIDC Extension was developed as extension to the Shibboleth IdP to allow for the use of the OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocol next to the SAML2 protocol.
This activity supports the further support and development of this extension and in parrallel will begin a dialog with GEANT service activities and the Shibboleth Consortium to make the current product move towards a fully sustained product.
Goals
- Support further development of this extension, with the focus on bringing it into the core of Shibboleth IdP
- Respond to bugs and feature requests from community
- Make the extension go trough formal OIDC foundation certification
- Work with Shibboleth consortium development team to get extension into production version of Shibboleth IdP
- Begin a dialog with GEANT service activities and the Shibboleth Consortium to make the current product move towards a fully sustained product in some way
Activity Details
Technical details
Development work will be needed to improve the product and resolve issues and bugs. This work will be done in close collaboration with the Shibboleth consortium development team
Business case
Shibboleth IdP is the most used IdP product in the R&E community. By adding this extension, institutions will add the capability to support the OIDC protocol next to the SAML protocol. This will enhance the ability of the institutions to connect to (new) services
Data protection & Privacy
Data protection and privacy are being addressed in collaboration with the Shibboleth developent team who are providing QA for the software.
Definition of Done (DoD)
This activity is finished when:
- An 1.0 version of the extension is released
- The extension has gone trough formal OIDC foundation certification
- Agreement was reached with GEANT and the Shibboleth Consortium on how to proceed with this activity
Sustainability
It is the intent to hand over the activity to the Shibboleth consortium.
Activity Results
Meetings
Date | Activity | Owner | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
January 1, 2017 | Kickoff meeting | ||
Documents
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