Holiday Technology Checklist 2014
ANNOUNCEMENT: Reduced Metadata Signing Operations
Unknown macro: {div} Mark your calendars! The Internet2 offices will be closed from 12:00pm ET, Wednesday, December 24, 2014 to 8:00am ET, Monday, January 5, 2015. No metadata processing will occur during this interval except during the following two days:
NOTE: Metadata processing and signing will occur at the regular time on December 29–30, 2014 only!
Unknown macro: {div} See the published InCommon Hours of Operation for more information.
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- Learn more about the Research & Scholarship Category
- Information for SP owners wishing to apply for R&S
- Information for IdP operators intending to support R&S
- Learn more about the new Hide From Discovery Category
- IdP operators self-assert the
hide-from-discovery
entity attribute by sending email to admin@incommon.org - SP owners configure SPs to filter IdPs on the discovery interface based on the
hide-from-discovery
entity attribute in IdP metadata
- IdP operators self-assert the
- Participate in the Per-Entity Metadata Pilot
- Shib SP 2.4 (or later) and Shib IdP 3.0 (or later) support the Metadata Query Protocol
- Configure your test SPs (and your test IdP if you have one) to consume the preview aggregate, one of three production Metadata Aggregates
- Fully support SAML V2.0
- All IdP deployments expose a TLS-protected
<md:SingleSignOnService>
endpoint that supports the SAML V2.0 HTTP-Redirect binding - All SP deployments expose a TLS-protected
<md:AssertionConsumerService>
endpoint that supports the SAML V2.0 HTTP-POST binding
- All IdP deployments expose a TLS-protected
- Re-evaluate the need for Back-channel SAML Protocols at your IdP
- Upgrade your production IdP and SP deployments to the latest supported software releases
- Install and test Shib IdP V3 (Shib IdP V3.0.0 was announced on Dec 22, 2014)