InCommon makes sharing protected online resources easier.InCommon eliminates the need for researchers, students, and educators to maintain multiple passwords and usernames. Online service providers no longer need to maintain user accounts. Identity providers manage the levels of their users' privacy and information exchange. InCommon uses SAML-based authentication and authorization systems (such as Shibboleth®) to enable scalable, trusted collaborations among its community of participants. InCommon Future UpdateThe InCommon Future group has submitted its report and recommendations to the Internet2 Board of Trustees, which will meet on July 8. The group is charged with developing a three-year plan for InCommon, including who InCommon serves, with what set of services, and how the organization will implement this next phase, including a governance and financial model. Silver and Identity Assurance ProfilesSome Service Providers have identified the need to require stronger identity management procedures. Identity Providers will need more stringent requirements for validating the identities of individuals to whom they grant user IDs and passwords. As a result, InCommon continues to develop additional assurance profiles - with a Silver pilot underway. See the background and what this means for you. Shibboleth Recommendation - New DeploysInCommon strongly recommends that all new participants planning to use Shibboleth Federated Single Sign-on Software install and deploy version 2. Shibboleth v1.3 will no longer be supported after June 30, 2010. There are no new features being added to v1.3 and there are no guarantees that changes to the current release are backwards compatible. For more information, see http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/shib-which-version.html. Of Interest
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