The ACOnet Identity Federation is a service by ACOnet, the Austrian Academic Computer Network (NREN) for science, research, education and culture.
The ACOnet Identity Federation currently defines two services (called Technical Profiles in the Policy):
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| eduID.ateduID.at allows providers of content and services (such as databases, journals or research and collaboration tools) to grant users from other organizations access to their web-based resources – without having to locally manage usernames and associated passwords. eduID.at is based on SAML2 and the saml2int deployment profile. See http://www.eduid.at/ for an overview. See eduID.at in this wiki for technical information. |
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| eduroameduroam allows users of participating institutions to access the wireless network at other participating organizations using their home institution's credentials. All this with a minimal adminstrative overhead. Depending on local policies at the visited institutions, eduroam participants may also have additional resources at their disposal. See http://www.eduroam.at/ for an overview. See eduroam in this wiki for technical information. |
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