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If you are a Service Provider from another federation and you would like to offer your service(s) to an Identity Provider within SURFconext, please read on. |
Non-technical: policies and contracts
SURFconext assists their Identity Providers with all the necessary legal affairs that must be taken care of when using (online) services. In practice, this means:
- If you are a commercial Service Provider, you need a SURFconext Connection Agreement before you can offer your service through SURFconext. Also, in many cases, you will probably have to sign a Processor Agreement with any Identity Provider that uses your service. Of course, this is between you and the Identity Provider; SURF however provides useful templates. Before you intend to connect to SURFconext, please contact the SURFconext Team through support@surfconext.nl.
- If you are a Research & Scholarship Service Provider, please note that SURFconext does not yet fully support this Entity Category. Full automatic attribute release is not yet possible. If you want to offer your service to an Identity Provider from SURFconext based on this Entity Category, please contact the SURFconext Team through support@surfconext.nl.
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SURFconext strongly recommends every Service Provider to support the GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct (CoCo). If you do not yet support this document but are able to do so, please express your support as soon as possible. Identity Providers from SURFconext are much more likely to connect to your service if support for the CoCo is present. |
Technical: SURFconext - hub-and-spoke architecture
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The following image describes how connecting your service to an Identity Provider in SURFconext and eduGAIN works:
Non-technical: policies and contracts
SURFconext assists their Identity Providers with all the necessary legal affairs that must be taken care of when using (online) services. In practice, this means:
- If you are a commercial Service Provider, you need a SURFconext Connection Agreement before you can offer your service through SURFconext. Also, in many cases, you will probably have to sign a Processor Agreement with any Identity Provider that uses your service. Of course, this is between you and the Identity Provider; SURF however provides useful templates. Before you intend to connect to SURFconext, please contact the SURFconext Team through support@surfconext.nl.
- If you are a Research & Scholarship Service Provider, please note that SURFconext does not yet fully support this Entity Category. Full automatic attribute release is not yet possible. If you want to offer your service to an Identity Provider from SURFconext based on this Entity Category, please contact the SURFconext Team through support@surfconext.nl.
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