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.
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- 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
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Previous working documents (all work is concluded)
- REFEDS Assurance Framework v2.0 (WG final proposal)
- REFEDS MFA Profile
- 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=share_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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