March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020 In light of the current circumstances related to the rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, InCommon made the difficult decision to cancel our face-to-face workshops this spring. The safety and well-being of our community colleagues, members, and staff is our top priority, and we feel that it is impossible to provide a safe…
March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020 Sectigo, InCommon’s partner in the InCommon Certificate Service, has added the new ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) Service for subscribers. The last regular survey of InCommon Certificate Service subscribers showed overwhelming interest in having an ACME service for the InCommon community. ACME allows the automated issuance and retrieval of certificates, allowing servers…
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020 The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) has proposed three additions to Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation. Last year, InCommon participants adopted the original Baseline Expectations to provide a baseline for trust and make collaboration more predictable. InCommon participants are asked to review and comment on the proposed additions (details…
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020 In light of the current circumstances related to the rapidly evolving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, InCommon cancelled the Shibboleth workshop scheduled for March 17 – 18 at Rice University. The safety and well-being of our community colleagues, members, and staff is our top priority, and we feel that it is impossible to…
February 24, 2020
The InCommon Certificate Service now offers ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) Service, which was identified as a priority during our last subscriber survey and has now been implemented by our partner, Sectigo. The last survey of subscribers identified ACME as a priority. ACME is a protocol that allows servers and applications to communicate directly and securely to…
February 14, 2020
By Jessica ColtrinInCommon Advocacy Program Manager More than 150 individuals from 105 organizations served on InCommon advisory and working groups in 2019. The new year means new members joining InCommon governing and advisory groups, and dedicated members rolling off. This year we welcome several new organizations as well as greater international participation. We want to…
November 22, 2019
By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania Grouper, the access management component of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform, is continuing to evolve to meet the community’s needs. For many years, Grouper has been providing group and access management solutions for a broad and enthusiastic user community. Recently the Grouper development team has enhanced Grouper with a…
February 14, 2020
The Internet2 Global Summit (March 30-April 1 in Indianapolis) features a number of sessions related to InCommon and identity and access management. Some brief highlights are listed below. You can see the full line-up and registration information at the Global Summit website. Extending eduroam to higher ed, K-12, and beyond: A pilot takes off in…
February 14, 2020
New InCommon Participants As of February 11, 2020, InCommon had 1,014 participants. Here are the new participants since the last update in October: Higher Education Sponsored Partners InCommon Certificate Service Subscribers As of February 11, 2020, 472 organizations subscribe to the InCommon Certificate Service. Here are the new subscribers since the last update in August:…
February 13, 2020
By Nick RoyDirector of Technology & Strategy, InCommon On Thursday, January 30th, the InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) accepted the final report of the Internet2 Trust and Identity Services Operations project which put Metadata Query (MDQ) into production. With the TAC’s sign-off on that report, the community has officially accepted the state of the MDQ…
