ARCS Identity Provider Documentation

This document describes policies related to membership and handling of end-user information for the ARCS IdP. It makes reference to the ARCS Privacy Policy. It is anticipated that this document will be of interest to Service Providers and will enable them to determine their degree of Trust in Identities provided by the ARCS IdP.

ARCS IdP User Guide

This document describes the workflow required to join the ARCS IdP, information stored about end-users, and how to view and edit your stored information, how to use the ARCS IdP to access services and resources on an Australian Access Federation (AAF) Service Provider (SP), and how to cease membership of the ARCS IdP.

ARCS IdP QuickStart User Guide

A few words and screen shots describing the basics of creating and identity in the ARCS IdP and using ARCS IdP to access an AAF Service Provider.

Identity Level of Assurance (LoA)

The Policy Document refers to a user’s “Required Identity Level-of-Assurance”. The definition of Identity LoA’s is not yet agreed by Federation members, hence the current release of the ARCS IdP only supports the base LoA, called the “Floor of Trust”.

Support

If support is required in use of the ARCS IdP, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 1800 862 727.

Australian Trust Federations

ARCS is temporarily a member of the MAMS Testbed Level-2 Federation. For information on members of this Federation, click on “Members” in the menu bar at http://www.federation.org.au

As soon as the Pilot Australian Access Federation (Pilot AAF) becomes operational, ARCS will migrate to this Federation. For information on the technical status of the Pilot AAF Federation, see https://manager.test.aaf.edu.au/wiki/.

The currently anticipated schedule for the full production version of the AAF is approximately one year after the Pilot AAF becomes operational.