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Is Shibboleth a requirement for using the Certificate Service?
No, but we are investigating using federated identity management to simplify access to the InCommon Not at the moment, but you will find it much more secure and convenient to take advantage the SSO/MFA feature for accessing the Certificate Manager (CM).
Why is InCommon membership required for participation?
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Yes, if your organization has an identity provider in the InCommon Federation (you can check here), then your RAO RAOs and DRAOs can use SSO. In addition, Multifactor Authentication is required for RAOs to use of SSO.
Questions about SSL/TLS Certificates
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