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Building Federations in APAN: What’s Worked?
Nate [email protected] / Shibboleth Consortium / InCommon
February 2012, APAN 33, Chiang Mai
Federation Components
• What are some ingredients?
• Technical knowledge and talent
• Policy
• Consensus and leadership
• Compelling applications (Chicken)
• Enough users (Egg)
• A business model
• Ideal mix is different in each country
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Federations in America and Europe
• Very different funding models
• Different primary uses
• Somewhat different trust structures
• EU Privacy Laws
• Many mature federations
• Nearly complete coverage in some countries
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General Lessons from America and Europe
• Consensus and mandate are important
• Almost no federation starts with this
• Find a few good early applications
• Every country and every situation is different
• But we are working towards convergence
• Watch for REFEDS recommendations
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Starting Points in Asia Pacific
• Campus identity infrastructure is rare
• Usually, there is none
• A directory, when lucky
• Local infrastructure is a key part of federated identity
• Campuses have limited staff
• With limited time
• And limited money
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Starting Points in Asia Pacific
• Few centralized organizations
• Usually just an NREN
• And the NREN is focused on networks
• But the NREN is often pretty competent
• APAN has a smaller focus than TERENA
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What has worked well in APAN deployments?• Active transfer of knowledge
• Technology, policy
• Centralized knowledge and talent
• There are exceptions to this rule
• Compensate for campuses until campuses develop more skills and infrastructure
• Might happen soon, might happen never
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What has worked well in APAN deployments?• Strong mandate
• And only one strong mandate; split mandates have derailed several countries
• Build it, and they will come
• The “killer app” is not necessary
• “Critical mass” is much more important
• Momentum
• Network effects
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What has worked well in APAN deployments?• Accommodation of special local
requirements
• Grant-based funding model
• So far, at least
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What has not worked as well for building
federations?• Cautious starts and half-interest
• Most federation benefits emerge at large scale
• Chicken egg problem solved with dedication (and brute force)
• Reinventing wheels
• We, globally, have many important failures
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What has not worked as well for building
federations?• APAN Middleware Working Group
• Very wide focus can include many kinds of activities
• Mailing list quiet
• Partially my fault
• Accommodation of special local requirements
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How do we grow now?
• Get federations started in countries where there are none; grow them where are
• Better coverage in Asia means a better deployment for everyone
• Find quick identity wins like federation with major SP’s, or certificate services
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How do we grow now?
• Develop international links
• We have more and more shared students, shared research, shared applications
• They need shared identity
• Innovate with the global community
• And give back when you do something novel and generally useful
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How do we grow now?
• Begin to develop international collaborations
• Shared students, shared research, shared applications
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My Thanks to NII
http://www.internet2.edu/
http://www.incommon.org/
http://shibboleth.net/
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