CACTI-Discuss-Topic-Internet2 FIM4R Assessment

Overview

As of August 2018, CACTI has been asked to assess the recommendations made in the v2 FIM4R (Federated Identity Management for Research Collaborations) paper alongside Internet2’s Trust and Identity portfolio’s progress and posture and provide a draft for the Internet2 Technology Exchange in Orlando Oct. 15-18, 2018.

If you are interested in participating, please join the CACTI-discuss list: https://lists.internet2.edu/sympa/review/cacti-discuss

Background Resources

• FIM4R paper : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1296031
• Summaries/presentations:
  • TNC18 presentation deck (used in video below): https://tnc18.geant.org/core/presentation/132 
  • Video(90 min): https://tnc18.geant.org/core/session/51
• Recent CACTI meeting notes on our work in this can be found here:
  • https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/CACTI/2017+and+2018+CACTI+Minutes
• Recent Blog Posting:
  •  https://www.internet2.edu/blogs/detail/16295

NEW Oct13, 2018: Latest Draft Document can be found as a PDF link on the consultation page

Other Working documents for this activity

• Supporting documents
  • This spreadsheet is our main aggregation point for responses
    • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wEKFiqDyZ9Z6q8i8QKGTcQXdwMrxr4w1LKkXK_kDzII/edit?usp=sharing
  • The working draft of the CACTI document (link is comment only unless you are an editor):
    • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlg_G6z_33nZZeAbd7QeQCYQPrH6r4WfQo9M4e-PY0/edit
  •  Coverage Matrix  (Thanks to Brett Bieber & CTAB for it): 
    • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19HfXGTthGDlQZU3KBn68dBXZFNXG9F0r5xhU1rl58hw/edit?usp=sharing

Additional Guidance on the Activity

• Scope
  
  • Given time constraints  and strong desire to cast the net as widely as possible CACTI suggests:
    
    • Focus response to answer these 3 questions from a Working Group (WG) perspective:
      • What is supported from the FIM4R paper?
      • What is planned to being supported from the FIM4R paper. Estimation of arrival of planned work welcome?
      • What recommendations does the WG have for CACTI to focus on or introduce as a new activity to meet the FIM4R recommendations?
    • When responding,  CACTI suggests using the  FIM4R Section 5.6 Mapping of Groups to Recommendations  with one of the 3 groups as a minimum to characterize the work are:

      • 1st row - GEANT,Internet2,NRENS

      • 4th row - R&E Federations 

      • 3rd row -  Home Organizations

• Our Suggested Deliverables

  • Output of the activity should minimally be:
    • A culminating PDF document of the assessment and recommendations report 
      • To expedite assembly, that the skeleton of the report be constructed in to be parallel to results being gathers
      • A presentation that summarizes key points to assist communicating results internally and externally
    • Invitation to others desiring to be involved to blog and/or communicate about the effort

• Other comments

  • CACTI invites anyone to provide feedback on the cacti-discuss list or directly to CACTI.
  • Other outreach in progress:
    • The FIM4R group on the federated-identity at cern.ch list
    • GÉANT