McMaster University

McMaster University Shibboleth Identity Provider

McMaster's own SAML 2.0 Identity Provider, the authentication authority behind MacID. Publishes machine-readable SAML metadata anonymously at its entityID, carrying an IDPSSODescriptor, an AttributeAuthorityDescriptor, a UIInfo display name and description, and the scope mcmaster.ca that bounds every scoped attribute the IdP may assert. Registered in the Canadian Access Federation by CANARIE and republished into eduGAIN, with SIRTFI asserted. This is an institution-operated, standards-conformant, machine-readable surface, and it satisfies both the shibboleth and saml domain standards of the Kin Score education regime.

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Authentication

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcmaster/refs/heads/main/authentication/mcmaster-authentication.yml

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IdentityFederation

https://sso.mcmaster.ca/idp/shibboleth

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Conformance

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcmaster/refs/heads/main/conformance/mcmaster-conformance.yml

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Scopes

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcmaster/refs/heads/main/scopes/mcmaster-scopes.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: mcmaster:shibboleth-idp
name: McMaster University Shibboleth Identity Provider
x-operator: federation
x-operator-evidence: entityID https://sso.mcmaster.ca/idp/shibboleth, shibmd:Scope mcmaster.ca, registration
  authority http://www.canarie.ca (Canadian Access Federation), published into eduGAIN and first seen
  there 2017-11-28. A federation is shared by definition; the IdP behind it is McMaster's.
description: McMaster's own SAML 2.0 Identity Provider, the authentication authority behind MacID. Publishes
  machine-readable SAML metadata anonymously at its entityID, carrying an IDPSSODescriptor, an AttributeAuthorityDescriptor,
  a UIInfo display name and description, and the scope mcmaster.ca that bounds every scoped attribute
  the IdP may assert. Registered in the Canadian Access Federation by CANARIE and republished into eduGAIN,
  with SIRTFI asserted. This is an institution-operated, standards-conformant, machine-readable surface,
  and it satisfies both the shibboleth and saml domain standards of the Kin Score education regime.
humanURL: https://uts.mcmaster.ca/
baseURL: https://sso.mcmaster.ca/idp/shibboleth
tags:
- Identity Federation
- Shibboleth
- SAML
- eduGAIN
- Canadian Access Federation
- Single Sign-On
properties:
- type: IdentityFederation
  url: https://sso.mcmaster.ca/idp/shibboleth
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/mcmaster-conformance.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/mcmaster-authentication.yml
- type: Scopes
  url: scopes/mcmaster-scopes.yml