RA21 - Resource Access for the 21st Century

[Peter Schober]

* Paul Dixon <paul at elphin.com> [2017-11-30 11:52]:
> Take a look at the Privacy Preserving Persistent WAYF pilot project for an
> idea of where things might be headed
> http://ra21.org/index.php/pilot-programs/p3-wayf-pilot/

Note that where it says "TACAR" they means "eduGAIN".
(Cf. + ".org" for each.)

> - Making it easier to identify which IdP a user could use with the
>   addition of hints into federation metadata (e.g. email domain or IP
>   addresses).

We've populated MDUI hints for a while now, it's good to see some
(potential) wider use of those. Also adding email domains (where they
don't match PTR RR of the IP address connecting to the SP) seems like
a good idea, at least as long as SPs are hell-bent on asking for the
email address when they really want to ask for the institution one may
also be associated with. (The fact that people have other email
addresses long before they ever set foot in an academic institution,
or that academic institutions might stop handing out email addresses
because everyone already has oneseveral, might not be universally
accepted, it seems.)

-peter