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.

The Shibboleth team will transition Shibboleth v1.3 from Previous Stable release to the Earlier / Unsupported category on June 30, 2010.

Information on upgrading to 2.x is available for IdPs and SPs.

We currently do not add new features to v1.3, nor guarantee that changes made to the current release are backwards compatible with v1.3. As of June 30, 2010, the team will no longer promise to supply security updates. We would continue to answer questions on the mailing lists about v1.3 as time and knowledge allows.

For details on the support levels, see http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/shib-which-version.html.

• Internet2 presented its 2010 IDEA award to four projects, including Shibboleth. (26-April-2010)
  The award winners are described as "represent(ing) applied advanced networking at its best." More information is available in the press release (http://www.internet2.edu/idea/2010/)
• Another Round of JISC Funded Projects, (9-March-2010)
  Details on all the latest JISC AIM (Access & Identity Management Programme) funded projects are available on the AIM blog.
• Ready The Pipes, Campus Technology Magazine (1-March-2010)
  Experts say the future of federated identity management lies in the integration of academic and consumer apps -- and now is the time to get the infrastructure in place for convergence.
• GridShib-CA 2.0.0 released, (9-Feb-2010)
• Educause Presents its Catalyst Award to "Federated Identity", (November 2009)
  At its November 2009 annual meeting Educause presented its Catalyst Award to Federated Identity Management System, recognizing "innovations and initiatives centered on information technologies that provide groundbreaking solutions to major challenges in higher education, or change prevailing conditions in remarkable ways so as to allow new solutions to be deployed."
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• Register Now for the Shibboleth Workshop Series July 28 and 29 in Evanston, Illinois
  Have you decided to deploy a web single sign-on (SSO) system and leverage it to access resources and contracted services in the InCommon Federation? Do you need training on installation and support? Consider attending one or both:
  • Shibboleth Identity Provider Workshop on July 28
  • Shibboleth Service Provider Workshop on July 29
• Scottish Federated Access Management Forum (McShib) May 13, 2010, Dundee, Scotland
  The event will feature presentations from Nicole Harris (Federation Services Manager at JISC) and Dr Rhys Smith (from the Identity Management Team at the University of Cardiff) as well as focus on the issues involved in migrating to Shibboleth 2.
• CAMP: Exploring and Supporting Federated Identity Management will take place in Raleigh, NC, June 21-23, 2010. Registration is now open. CAMP will include sessions for those exploring federated identity management, as well as those with systems in production. See the details at the CAMP website.
• Past Events...