Hi
I would have thought there was a third option. In that if the services you use happen to have their own Shibboleth SP and I've spotted a couple that seem to then from my interpretation you wouldn't need the Athens thing at all, but I'm becoming particularly confused as to why we started down this Shibboleth route in the first place now!
Perhaps all we have to do is persuade all the providers to get on board with Shibboleth and then my Athens confusion might go away or perhaps I'm even more confused than I thought!
Heather Peake
VLE Development Co-ordinator
ILT Resources Development Team
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From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of N.J.Ikin
Sent: 23 January 2008 16:04
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Hi
Would it be correct to say that an institution currently using ATHENSDA but looking into Shibboleth has two choices:
Go ahead with Shibboleth and integrate that with the OpenAthens gateway (which ahas a cost of between £1K and £10K for the OpenAthens license).
Stay in the AthensDA world but switch to Open Athens. (With a cost of £1K to £10K - ie Open Athens replaces the need for the AthensDA subscription (which was being talked about as about 50p per user))
Thanks
Nick Ikin
Leading Analyst
The Open University
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From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Anderson
Sent: 23 January 2008 15:53
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> ...a case of the Shibboleth to Athens gateway becoming the Shibboleth
to OpenAthens gateway..?
It wouldn't be wrong to think of it that way. The main thing to consider when thinking about the gateway is what I alluded to earlier - i.e. that the gateway alone can't do anything without the underlying Athens (or
OpenAthens) service.
> To assist with planning, am I right in assuming then that the
shibb2athens gateway
> will remain fully operational for all Athens sites up to 31 July 2008
Yes; the gateway and the underlying Athens service are both covered by our contract with JISC till then. It's only after that point that things change and then only for institutions that choose not to subscribe.
Andy
AJ Anderson
Eduserv Athens
access and identity management
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From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Fraser
Sent: 23 January 2008 13:36
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Subject: LA (Re: LA ([Fwd: ]))
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Andrew Anderson wrote:
>> does that mean the Shibboleth to Athens gateway will be closed down
in
> August? / will shibboleth access to athens resource no longer be
> available in August?
>
> Gateway functionality is a part of OpenAthens and won't be turned off
in
> August. Institutions have the option to subscribe to OpenAthens at our
> new reduced rates.
Andrew, thanks for your clarifications. To assist with planning, am I
right in assuming then that the shibb2athens gateway will remain fully
operational for all Athens sites up to 31 July 2008 (i.e. there are no
plans to change the current facility prior to the new regime)?
Thanks, Mike
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