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Got this from their help desk:

Thank you for your email concerning the access to Sciencedirect through the Shibboleth. 

We are aware of this and our colleagues of second line support are working hard on solving this issue as soon as possible. Please be informed that you are not the only institution which has been affected.

We regret to inform you that we are not able to give you any specific timeframe at the moment. 

Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconveniences caused. We thank you for your patience while dealing with this matter.

Eddie Alaszewski 
eServices Librarian 
Garthdee Library 
Email: [log in to unmask] 
Telephone: (01224)263473 

See the Library Blog for our latest news: http://blogs.rgu.ac.uk/ 


-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr P. Mallinson
Sent: 17 August 2010 11:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Problem with Science direct logins

... quite slow here ... but working ...

Pete Mallinson
University of Liverpool

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Edward Alaszewski (uls) wrote:

> .....and today (17/8) getting the error again!
>
> Eddie Alaszewski
> eServices Librarian
> Garthdee Library
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Telephone: (01224)263473
>
> See the Library Blog for our latest news: http://blogs.rgu.ac.uk/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Alaszewski (uls)
> Sent: 16 August 2010 16:37
> To: 'Discussion list for Shibboleth developments'
> Subject: RE: Problem with Science direct logins
>
> Hi,
>
> I got it for a while earlier, but it was working last time I looked about 15.30
>
> Eddie Alaszewski
> eServices Librarian
> Garthdee Library
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Telephone: (01224)263473
>
> See the Library Blog for our latest news: http://blogs.rgu.ac.uk/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Swiffin
> Sent: 16 August 2010 16:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Problem with Science direct logins
>
> Hi,
>
> I've had a report from our library that  users are having issues
> logging into Science Direct, a quick check picking the login link from
> their website gives:
>
> -------------
> Unknown or Unusable Identity Provider
> The identity provider supplying your login credentials is not
> authorized for use with this service or does not support the necessary
> capabilities.
>
> To report this problem, please contact the site administrator at
> http://info.sciencedirect.com/contactus/.
>
> Please include the following error message in any email:
>
> Identity provider lookup failed at
> (https://sdauth.sciencedirect.com/SHIRE/SAML/POST)
>
> opensaml::saml2md::MetadataException: Security of SAML 1.x SSO POST
> response not established.
>
> --------
>
> after logging in via our IdP.   There's nothing sinister in the IdP log
> files.
>
> We've reported it to them, is this affecting anyone else?
>
> Cheers
> Andy
>
>
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