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2016 - IPO call for views on Modernising the European Copyright Framework

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 15:38

This is Jisc's submission to the Intellectual Property Office Call for Views: Modernising the European Copyright Framework.

2016 - BEREC Draft Guidelines on Network Neutrality

Andrew Cormack

Friday, July 1, 2016 - 14:43

Network Neutrality

denial of service

Jisc is the UK's expert body for digital technology and digital resources in higher education, further education and research. Since its foundation in the early 1990s, Jisc has played a pivotal role in the adoption of information technology by UK universities and colleges, supporting them to improve learning, teaching, the student experience and institutional efficiency, as well as enabling more powerful research.

2016 - Investigatory Powers Bill Committee

Andrew Cormack

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 14:35

Investigatory Powers Bill

As submitted to the House of Commons' Bill Committee

Hints and Tips for Connecting Problematic Devices to eduroam

Edward Wincott

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 10:10

eduroam

connecting your device to eduroam

Click to follow link >> Hints and Tips for Connecting Problematic Devices to eduroam https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/advisory-services/hints-and-tips-co... Document produced 2013

The eduroam Architecture for Network Roaming RFC 7593

Edward Wincott

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 11:29

eduroam

This document describes the architecture of the eduroam service for federated (wireless) network access in academia.

eduroam Security Measures

Edward Wincott

Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 10:19

Security was a major requirement in the design of eduroam, to ensure that organisations that provide visitor facilities, and the guests who make use of them, are not exposed to additional risks outside their control. eduroam should present fewer risks than the existing ad hoc arrangements for guest users. The factsheet below explains the security measures within eduroam and how organisations can use them to protect their own security.

Advisory: Impact of change of Certificate Service CA on eduroam Home service providers

Edward Wincott

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 20:23

January 2016 - 20/01/2016 This advisory is relevant to all eduroam(UK) Home (IdP) service organisations that are using server certificates supplied through the Jisc Certificate Service (Janet Certificate Service) for RADIUS servers acting as authenticators. It describes the effect of the change to the new certificate authority which occurred in May 2015, together with the measures that need to be planned for and put into effect. Originator: Edward Wincott Background and Scope

2015 - European Commission consultation on on-line platforms

Andrew Cormack

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 09:15

eCommerce Directive

Intermediary Liability

As its title suggests, the Commission's public consultation on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy covers a lot of different areas. One of these is the rules for on-line intermediaries (at present networks, caches and hosts that carry third party content).