Federations, Interfederation and eduGAIN

The following pages provide some general information about identity federations and eduGAIN.

However, in order to understand the answer to the question "What is eduGAIN?", it might be helpful to first have a look at the answers to the questions:

• What is an (Identity) Federation?,
• What is the role of a national Federation and a Federation Operator?
• What different federation architectures are there and what is the difference in a mesh federation and a hub&spoke federation?
• What exactly means Inter-Federation?
• What is eduGAIN?

To impatient to read all of the above?

How to benefit from eduGAIN video

If you are interested to get a four minute introduction about federations, interfederation and eduGAIN, have a look at the "How to benefit from interfederating through eduGAIN" video.