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From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
Subject: Invitiation to participate in Shibboleth/EZProxy Testing
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I'm fowarding this invitation on behalf of Steve Carmody; it 
describes some current work on better interfacing the Shibboleth 
authorization system with EZProxy, and invites interested 
institutions to particpate in a pilot effort.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Good afternoon,

I'm writing to invite you to participate in the upcoming 
Shibboleth/EZProxy pilot with the InCommon Library Collaboration 
Group and join our kick off call on March 20th at 1:00 pm EDT.

Our previous work (Phase 1) involved librarians and central IT staff 
from six US-based campuses and is outlined in our wiki: 
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/inclibrary/InC-Library. Because 
of the large number of licenses in place at libraries, it was assumed 
that a flash cutover to Shibboleth was impossible; instead, the group 
assumed that a hybrid approach (involving Shibboleth and a product 
such as EZProxy) would be in place for some time. The group 
concentrated, instead, on moving 90+% of licensed-site traffic to 
Shibboleth and providing added value to on-campus users of 
Shibboleth-enabled resources.

Now the group is inviting institutions interested in implementing 
this solution -- and working with others to make it better (Phase 2). 
Participating schools will be deploying and testing -- probably in a 
stepwise fashion, and within their production environments -- the 
hybrid approach identified in Phase 1.

In the next phase, participants will be actively exploring

1) how Shibboleth and EZProxy can be combined to create a more 
reliable, functional, and transparent environment for students, 
faculty, and librarians, and

2) new ways of providing an SSO experience across a wider variety of resources.

For more information on participation and call information, see the 
wiki page linked above.

Best regards,

Steven Carmody
Brown University
Shibboleth Project Lead
Steven_Carmody@brown.edu