ABFAB R. Smith, Ed.
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Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond web (ABFAB) Use Cases
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Abstract
Federated identity is typically associated with Web-based services at
present, but there is growing interest in its application in non Web-
based contexts. The goal of this document is to document a selection
of the wide variety of these contexts whose user experience could be
improved through the use of technologies based on the ABFAB
architecture and specifications.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Context of Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Cloud Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.1. Cloud-based Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.2. Cloud-based Infrastructure Services . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. High Performance Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3. Grid Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4. Databases and Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5. Media Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6. Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.7. Accessing Applications from Devices on a Telecoms
Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.8. Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.9. Smart Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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1. Introduction
Federated identity facilitates the controlled sharing of information
about people (a.k.a. 'principals'), commonly across organisational
boundaries. This avoids redundant registration of principals who
operate in and across multiple domains; both reducing the
administrative overhead for the organizations involved and improving
the usability of systems for the principal. Simultaneously, it can
also help address privacy-related concerns, along with the regulatory
and statutory requirements of some jurisdictions.
The information that is passed between organizations may include
authentication state and identity information that can be used for
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