Summary of AAA discussion at the AAA Info-Day 2008

This page summarizes the topics that came up in the discussion of the AAA domain at the AAA Info-Day on 31 January 2008.

Most of the ideas mentioned are covered by the following domains:

  • AAI enabled access to non-web resources
  • AAI enabled printing and micropayment
  • Stronger authentication
  • Monitoring and usage statistics

Topic Organizations interested
– Micropayment for printing, accross institutions UniBE, FHNW
– Access to the network (e.g. by 802.1x) using AAI UniNE, BFH
– Access to IMAP server with SAML token (delegation of authentication) UNIL
– Access to other non-browser based applications like Fedora or video streams UniGE
– Access to files on filesystems (e.g. on AFS) PSI, EMPA
– Stronger authentication for critical resources and need for a standardized solution UniBAS, FHNW
– Support for student's mobility (re-immatriculation and transfer of curriculum related credits), e.g. between the institutions Uni Zurich, ETH Zurich and EPFL ETH Zurich
– Monitoring and usage statistics, collect logs of IdP's, SP's to analyse the usage UniL
– Continuation of the student card interoperability activites led by SWITCH UniBE


If your institution is also interested in one of the above mentioned topics in the AAA domain, please let us know.