Discover the technological possibilities offered by the RCTSaai service – which allows you to access all the web services provided by the FCCN Unit to its RCTS community by logging in with your institutional account.
Federated Authentication: 4 Advantages of the RCTSaai Service
#1 “Single Key”
“A single key for all services” is the way the service RCTSaai describes its main purpose. At the basis of this possibility, we find federated authentication technology – or single sign-on (SSO) – which allows users to access, only with the insertion of a single credential in a secure manner, to all web services that are part of the FCCN universe.
#2 Ease of access to FCCN services
Federated authentication is supported by the RCTSaai infrastructure, which is responsible for user authentication and authorization, simplifying service access for the entire RCTS community. In this way, in practical terms, students, teachers, employees or researchers from institutions participating in this service can easily and simply use their institutional account to access this list of services.
Educast, eduroam, Colibri, Filesender, Videocast, and b-on are just a few examples of services available through this technology. All RCTS educational and research institutions can join this infrastructure. here.
#3 Ensures a global connection
Since 2016, the possibility of federated authentication connected to the RCTS network has increased exponentially. This growth was due to project implementation eduGAIN by GÉANT. Through eduGAIN, national users can access services provided by other federations, managed by other national education and research networks, as long as their institution is a member of the RCTS Identity Federation.
The possibility of configuring the eduroam network (CAT), access to a videoconferencing room testing system (eduCONF) or a support service for identifying and contracting the best cloud services are just some examples.
#4 Ensures secure access
RCTSaai allows service providers to provide users from other entities with access to services in a simplified and secure manner: there is no need to manage user credentials locally and authentication is performed at the originating institution, in a protected and encrypted environment.
