Welcome to the eduGAIN website
The eduGAIN service is part of the Pan‑European GÉANT network, supporting the needs of GÉANT's own services and those of its Partners.
The eduGAIN service enables users to easily access resources and content on a Pan‑European scale, by connecting the Research & Education federations.
The eduGAIN service simplifies the delivery to resources and content to a Pan‑European user audience for participating service providers.
The eduGAIN service simplifies access to resources and content on a Pan‑European scale for participating Research & Education Institutions.
The eduGAIN service delivers a common and actively supported platform supporting the predominant industry standards for federated authentication and authorisation.
eduGAIN service definition and policy released
The eduGAIN service definition and policy (PDF) is available for download. The document describes the goals of eduGAIN (SA3: Task 3). It defines the services eduGAIN provides to the GÉANT community, the models it uses to provide those services, and the policy members agree to when using the eduGAIN services.
eduGAIN enters pre-pilot phase
An important milestone of the eduGAIN services is the start of the pre-pilot phase. This will see the real-world assessment and testing of eduGAIN infrastructure in preparation for the full pilot scheduled to commence in October 2010.
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eduGAIN GN3 pre-pilot participants
Trials of the pre-pilot phase of the eduGAIN service is currently underway in: Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Poland and Switzerland.
If your federation wants to participate in eduGAIN please contact us.
