This working group has been closed down by the end of 2023 with the publication of the updated specifications.
Overview
The REFEDS Assurance WG was established in 2016 to address the needs in Research & Education (R&E) of defining a minimal degree of identity and authentication assurance. After successful community consultations, the first version of the REFEDS Assurance Suite was published in 2017 and 2018, being comprised of the REFEDS Assurance Framework (RAF), the REFEDS Single Factor Authentication Profile (SFA) and the REFEDS Multi Factor Authentication Profile (MFA).
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- revisit and modernize the specifications (formal review)
- The finished REFEDS Assurance Framework (RAF) v2.0 is published at https://refeds.org/assurance
- The finished REFEDS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) v1.2 is published at https://refeds.org/profile/mfa
- ensure test facilities are in place to enable adoption
- Published at FAQ/Supporting Materials: RAF (identity assurance)
To participate in the group please sign up to the mailing list. There is also a slack channel in the eduGAIN space (https://edugain.org/slack #assurance)
Chair
- Kyle Lewis (2023)
Earlier chairs
- Jule Ziegler (2020-2022)
- Mikael Linden (2016-2018)
Chair MFA Subgroup
- Fredrik Domeij (2021-2023)
Regular WG Calls
Regular biweekly Assurance WG Calls will continue in 2021. They start as of January 14, 2020 at 16 CET, UTC+1 (even calendar weeks). All calls has ended due to that the working group has concluded it work.
Meeting notes are captured in gdoc.
Work Items
Ideas for work items for the group:
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Previous Public Consultations
- Consultation: REFEDS Assurance Framework (RAF) v2.0 (June-August 2023)
- Consultation: MFA Profile v1.2 (May-June 2023)
- Consultation: MFA Profile v1.1 (November 2022 - January 2023)
- second public consultation (May-June 2018)
- first public consultation in (April-June 2017)
- REFEDS Assurance Framework (pdf)
- Comments received and working group resolutions
Working documents
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Previous working documents (all work is concluded)
- REFEDS Assurance Framework v2.0 (WG final proposal)anchor
- REFEDS -SFA
REFEDS-SFA REFEDS Single-factor authentication profile (WG proposal)- Obsolete versions: REFEDS Single-factor authentication profile (draft), Minimum requirements for memorized secrets, Recipe for Active Directory, Recipe for OpenLDAP
- Pilot on RAF, SFA and MFA (spring 2018)
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Current meeting notes (since 2020) are captured here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tzhhGcMYd1DlwewPwwjeFg8MdcSWX26tPxeY7zwPNRw/edit?usp=sharingshare_link
Earlier calls
- 13.7.2016
- 30.8.2016
- 12.9.2016
- 3.10.2016
- 17.10.2016
- 31.10.2016
- 14.11.2016
- 5.12.2016
- 9.1.2017
- 23.1.2017
- 6.2.2017
- 29.6.2017
- 7.7.2017
- 11.9.2017
- 25.9.2017
- 23.10.2017
- 20.11.2017
- 4.12.2017
- 18.12.2017
- 8.1.2018
- 22.1.2018
- 12.2.2018
- 26.2.2018
- 12.3.2018
- 23.3.2018
- 4.4.2018
- 23.4.2018
- 25.6.2018
- 2.7.2018
- 27.8.2018
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Resources
- Assurance Working Group Update (REFEDS 47, 11 Oct 2023)
- REFEDS Assurance Framework (RAF) 2.0 - It's almost there! (TechEx 23, 20 Sept 2023)
- REFEDS Assurance Framework Update (REFEDS 46, 9 June 2023)
- Assurance in Action! The Evolution of the REFEDS Assurance Framework (TechEx 22, 7 Dec 2022)
- REFEDS Assurance Framework Update (REFEDS 45, 5 Dec 2022)
- Webinar on REFEDS Assurance Suite 13 December 2018 (stream, slides)
- Presentation on Internet2 2018 Technology Exchange 16 Oct 2018
- Presentation in AARC All-hands meeting 11 Apr 2018
- Presentation in AARC Infoshare 24 May 2017
- Presentation in InCommon assurance call 4 Jan 2017
- AARC LoA task documents
- IGTF Levels of Authentication Assurance
- Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation
- InCommon Multi-Factor Authentication WG final report
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