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University of WashingtonIdentity and Access Management
IEEAF – RENU Network Design Workshop
Seattle - 29 Nov 2007
Lori Stevens, Director, Distributed SystemsIan Taylor, Manager, Security Middleware
‘RL’ Bob Morgan, ArchitectAnne Hopkins, Lead
Zephyr McLaughlin, Lead
Overview
IAM Mission and Scope IAM Practices UW IAM Service Set International Collaboration in IAM Q & A
IAM Mission
UW Mission “preservation, advancement, dissemination of
knowledge” people-based processes, increasingly online
Identity management provides ... institutional means to know who can, should
and did access online (and physical) resources
IAM Scope
IAM supports the whole institution teaching, research, outreach, healthcare, student life, alumni,
collaborators, affiliates, local, regional, global
UW Identity and UW NetID Statistics 43,000 students at three campuses – Undergraduate,
Graduate and Professional Plus an Extension Enrollment of 27,000 more 28,000 Faculty and Staff Two Medical Centers, Neighborhood Clinics, SCCA, etc. K-20 network 385,000 Active UW NetIDs (11/28/07)
IAM Practices
One identity per person Many affiliations per person Not just people (applications, groups, roles,
organizations, ...) Manage entire identity lifecycle Level of Assurance (LoA) varies depending on
population and application needs
IAM Practices (cont.)
Compromise of credentials will happen
Business needs often must be balanced with compliance requirements
Identity theft is a serious problem
UW Identity and Access Management Service Set Identity Management
Person Registry UW NetID Service
Authentication UW Kerberos Realm UW Windows Infrastructure Weblogin Service (Pubcookie / Shibboleth) SecurID UW Certificate Authority
UW Identity and Access Management Service Set (cont.) Authorization and Aggregation
ASTRA Groups Service Subscriptions
Enterprise Directory Services Person Directory Groups Directory White Pages Directory
Federation
Use university identity for external service access for web resources, using SAML standard Internet2 Shibboleth federation software widely deployed
R&HE Federations create trust communities agree on standards, vet institutions, exchange keys InCommon Federation in US many national R&HE federations in Europe and Australia global service providers (eg Elsevier, Microsoft) join work starting on global interfederation
Other Identity Collaborations
eduroam access to university wireless for HE visitors 802.1x and RADIUS technology deployed throughout Europe and Asia/Pacific
grid supporting large e-science projects X.509 technology IGTF provides global linkage of grid CAs work on linking grid access to SAML/Shib federation
Q & A
Thank you for your interest. We welcome your questions. Lori Stevens, [email protected] Ian Taylor, [email protected] Bob Morgan, [email protected] Anne Hopkins, [email protected] Zephyr McLaughlin, [email protected]
Shibboleth Flow Overview
User connects to resource and is redirected to WAYF
User authenticates at his home organization User gets authenticated and redirected to
web server of resource Attribute request – user is granted access to
resource
1. User connects to resource
and is redirected to WAYF
2. User authenticates at his home organization
3. User gets authenticated and redirected to web server of resource
4. Attribute request – user is granted access to resource
Shibboleth Demo
https://spaces.internet2.edu Login via Shibboleth
http://www.switch.ch/aai/demo/expert.html Excellent technical introduction