The technical functions of a Swiss edu-ID service consist of two main building blocks: access management (AM) and identity management (IdM). Within the SWITCHaai federation, the core of the AM functionalities are provided by Shibboleth, while the IdM-processes are implemented at the universities with a variety of products.
While it is clear that the Swiss edu-ID has to be compatible with SWITCHaai, it is basically an open question on what product stack it should be based. Between November 2014 and January 2015 SWITCH conducted a request for information (RFI) to get an overview of the current AM (and partly IdM) products on the market. In the RFI it turned out, that both Shibboleth and Forgerock/OpenAM are valid candidates to build the AM functions of the Swiss edu-ID framework. Continue reading “Testing Alternatives to Shibboleth”