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.

VIVA Uses Shibboleth to Distribute Licensed Video to Members
The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), a publicly supported consortium of libraries at over 70 public and private, nonprofit higher education institutions in Virginia, has licensed access to more than 500 hours of video content from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Under this arrangement, the University of Virginia is providing the hosting and streaming resources for the video content. Each of the participating VIVA institutions operates a Shibboleth Identity Provider. They authenticate their own users, leveraging their existing identity management systems, and use the Shibboleth Identity Provider software to provide authorization assertions to the streaming site. More information is available here.

• GridShib for Globus Toolkit Version 0.6.0 Released (April 30, 2008)
• Identity Management Streamlined at University of Texas Campuses (Government Technology - Apr 28, 2008)
• Shibboleth authentication tool upgraded (Government Computer News - April 22, 2008
  Open-source suite for federated identity management gets improved security, easier management
• Shibboleth 2.0 Now Available (March 19, 2008)
• Higher Ed students in 11 countries can use Shibboleth software to download -- for free -- Microsoft development software. Press Release
• USC deploys Shibboleth-enabled access to Google Apps and Email
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• CAMP Shibboleth 2.0: Hands-on Technical Workshop will be held from May 13-15, 2008, at the Michigan Information Technology Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Program and registration information is available here.
  
• Shibboleth InstallFests
  Each of these events is open to international participants but priority seating is given to members within the respective country.
  • June 23-24, 2008, Zürich, Switzerland
    This event covers only the Service Provider component.
  • July 1-2, 2008, Somewhere in the UK
    This event is still in planning, as such the dates are still tentative. This event covers the Identity Provider and Service Provider components.
  • July 16-18, 2008, Zürich, Switzerland
    This event covers the Identity Provider and Service Provider components.
  • August 19-20, 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland
    This event covers the Service Provider component.
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