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 Update

The 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 Profiles

Some 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 Deploys

InCommon 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.


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InCommon Case Studies

InCommon case studies provide information about current InCommon Participants and how they are implementing innovative approaches to federating identity and access management systems. See our complete list of case studies.

Also, see the InCommon Collaborate wiki for more information about, and from, InCommon.

New! Moss Landing, Science Direct Plumb the Depths of Federating

InCommon/iTunes Case Study Moss Landing’s students, faculty, and researchers roam the world, but their lives don’t stop while they conduct their studies. Writing and publishing require reference works and journals that just aren’t available on the coast of Bimini. Science Direct wanted a more scalable and secure method for accessing its huge database. Federating turned out to be a whale of a proposition. Read the whole story [pdf].