[Fim4l] Federated access - Walk-In

Rhys Smith Rhys.Smith at jisc.ac.uk
Tue Feb 25 12:20:32 CET 2020


The eduPersonScopedAffiliation attribute has a value to cover this already - “library-walk-in”

How that might work in practice is that the library could give those users who visit an account that asserts that particular attribute/value, or if you have open access workstations, configure the SAML IdP to automatically authenticate that IP address as a particular shared user that asserts that particular attribute/value.

It’s then up to the publisher to make the authorisation decision about whether a library-walk-in is allowed access to that particular resource.

If you just google “library-walk-in SAML” you should find some resources describing that above. I think GÉANT have some docs around some work they’ve done in this area.

Best,
Rhys.
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> On 25 Feb 2020, at 11:15, Koren, Meshna (ELS-AMS) <M.Koren at elsevier.com> wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> Many libraries can, as part of their agreement with a publisher, provide access to subscribed publications to users that visit the premises. That's easy enough when the library has IP address access configured with the publisher.
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> Has anyone given any thought to how that would work with federated access, where libraries don't use IP address authentication?
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> And if yes, are there any thoughts or tips to be shared?
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> Thanks,
> Meshna
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> Meshna Koren
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