In its modern usage, Shibboleth refers to catchwords that distinguish members
of a group from outsiders; it is an appropriate name, therefore, for a
technology that is providing secure access to public sector resources. VUNET has published a very interesting article looking at Shibboleth and its adoption here in UK and Europe.
“Higher education advisory organisation the Joint Information Systems
Committee (Jisc) is using Shibboleth, an open source software development, to
create a federated access management (FAM) system for education users.
The Jisc system will be launched in September and rolled out across education
institutions over the next two years.”
institutions over the next two years.”
Read the full article here.
