News and announcements concerning the South African Identity Federation.
The international science community has asked for help in connecting researchers and scientists to collaborations that are rapidly forming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Fort Hare have signed the Participation Agreement and joined SAFIRE as a fully functioning identity provider. Welcome UFH!
This Day of Reconciliation we’re pleased to announce that key parts of SAFIRE federation hub (including the transfer notices) are now available in Sesotho. This brings the number of South African official languages supported by the federation to five.
Support for the employeeNumber and o attributes was deprecated on 15 October 2019
The South African Theological Seminary has signed the Participation Agreement, completed their SAML technical integration and are the first privately owned institution in South Africa to join SAFIRE. We would like to welcome SATS on board as a fully functioning identity provider.
Under the auspices of the RCCPii capacity development project, we
recently concluded a successfull workshop on identity management & federation.
SAFIRE’s Metadata Registration Practice Statement, and the corresponding SAML2 Identity Provider Requirements have been updated to allow for regular expressions in scopes.
Welcome to Central University of Technology, Free State. CUT have signed the Participation Agreement, as well as completed the technical integration and are now a fully functioning identity provider in SAFIRE.
In terms of section 3.3.2 of the SAFIRE Participation Agreement, TENET — as the Federation Operator — hereby gives notice of a new cost structure with effect from 1 May 2019.
SAFIRE’s privacy statement has been updated.