eduroam: from an Idea to a Global Service How did it start? Over 10 years ago, back in 2002 experts involved in the TERENA (now GÉANT) Task Force Mobility recognised the needsRead More…
eduroam unstoppable
eduroam unstoppable This article was originally published on the InTheFieldStories site April 2016 eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, worldwide roaming access developed for the international research and education community. And itRead More…
Academics get Wi-Fi access on the Acropolis
Academics and students visiting the Acropolis can now benefit from Wi-Fi following the extension of eduroam (education roaming), an access service developed for the international research and education community. The service isRead More…
New eduroam CAT eases user configuration and admin support
A new open source online tool offers simple eduroam® installation to users and provides research and education institution IT administrators with an overview and easy management of their eduroam Identity Provider, soRead More…
RADIUS Attribute Issues regarding RFC5580
RADIUS Attribute Issues regarding RFC5580 (Operator-Name and others) with several RADIUS servers (including Microsoft IAS and NPS) The advisory is based on the JANET Roaming Service Advisory (Operator-Name RADIUS Attribute Issues withRead More…
New eduroam technical advice and promotional materials online
A new series of technical advice pages and adaptable promotional materials are now available to assist in national or campus-level deployment and uptake of the eduroam service. The technical document wiki pagesRead More…
Warning: Do not use web logins for eduroam
The eduroam Operations Team wishes to draw your attention to the fact that you should not use your eduroam credentials (i.e. username and password) to connect to the network via a loginRead More…
Recommendation regarding internationalised domain names for eduroam realms
Recent standardisation efforts in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have yielded the possibility of using internationalised identifiers in several applications, most notably Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) and internationalised e-mail. In IEEERead More…
Cipher suite selection for eduroam Service Providers
Summary of issue A weakness has been found in TKIP network encryption (WPA/TKIP and WPA2/TKIP). Risk level is currently low but likely to increase. Suggested solution: Enable AES support, educate users toRead More…