Welcome. Here you will find technical information and other resources to help you deploy, maintain, and enhance your participation in the InCommon Federation:
- How To...
- Entity Categories to indicate certifications and other properties of IdPs and SPs that are registered within the federation
- The Federation Manager, used to manage the information you provide to the federation about your IdPs and SPs
- Federation Services, both those used internally and those available for your use
- Federation Technical Guide to help you prepare your IdPs and SPs for use within the federation
- Metadata Administration for Site Administrators
- Recommended Practices
- Resources for Service Providers
- SAML, the Security Assertion Markup Language used within InCommon
- Incident Handling, information about InCommon’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), including how to interact with it when necessary. Also includes reports about operational incidents that are not security-related.
For more information, including current initiatives and recent announcements, please see InCommon Federation.