The mebers of FIM4R (Federated Identity Management for Research), 18 research communities from around the world, have worked together over the past year to draw a shared picture of the future of Federated Identity Management (FIM) in terms of research. The result went online today in the form of a new white paper. Peter Gietz,…
As new partner of Gluu Inc., DAASI International now supports the open source IAM software Gluu Server and offers her full range of services for it. The idea of open source is supported and maintained by cooperation and partnership. As a specialist for open source software, DAASI International is always looking for collaborations and thus…
As convinced supporter of open source, DAASI International does not only develop and implement open source products, but is also in close contact with other open source providers, and advocates for open standards as well as open source software free of licensing costs within committees and several memberships. Therefore, DAASI International rejoices at another membership…
After more than nine months since the latest version of OpenLDAP had been released, OpenLDAP 2.4.46 has been published on March 22nd. This iteration is basically a batch of bugfixes, dealing especially with several compatibility problems. The entire change log can be accessed on the official OpenLDAP website. We will evaluate the changes within the…
In March 2018, the Research Data Alliance (RDA) hosts its biannual assembly for the eleventh time in succession, as always characterized by the interexchange of research data and the overcoming of interdisciplinary barriers. Now, in 2018 for the first time in Germany, the experts of data-driven science and economy gather in Berlin from 21st to…
We would like to inform you about a new security advisory for the Shibboleth Identity Provider, which was published on 23rd January 2018. The vulnerability is based on the so-called ROBOT Attack which allows attackers to read and modify the HTTPS data traffic if the webserver offers an outdated RSA encryption. In case of an…
DAASI International is again looking back to an eventful year. The growth period that had begun in 2016 and reached its climax in 2016, has evolved into a phase of stabilization in the second half of 2017. Within the first half of the year, the team DAASI International has been enriched by further new employees:…
Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling. – Edna Ferber – For some of us this Christmas feeling may be associated with stress. Important pre-Christmas milestones want to be kept, all customer requirements covered, and all presents bought or crafted. Especially the upcoming days of vacation require precise preparation: Who is responsible for…
American Linux developer Red Hat has recently announced in the release notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (RHEL) that the next version, RHEL 8, will discontinue certain functionalities, including the support for OpenLDAP. Red Hat and DAASI International strongly advise on considering that desicion as soon as possible in migration plans, even if RHEL 8…
GÉANT Association has recently published a new video that comprehensibly explaines the project AARC (Authentication and Authorisation for Research and Collaboration). The video shows problems and the goal of the project that is funded by the European Commission. AARC, which runs since 2015, has the aim to connect global research by a long-lasting AAI. In…
