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                                                    newsletter will
                                                    bring you
                                                    information about
                                                    new developments
                                                    regarding
                                                    SURFconext, plans
                                                    for the future, tips
                                                    and tricks and will
                                                    appear on an
                                                    irregular basis.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    <span
                                                      style="font-weight:
                                                      bold;">Who receive
                                                      this newsletter?</span><br>
                                                    All technical and
                                                    administrative
                                                    contacts of a
                                                    service connected to
                                                    SURFconext will
                                                    receive this
                                                    newsletter.
                                                    Subscribe <a
                                                      href="https://list.surfnet.nl/mailman/listinfo/surfconext-sp-newsletter">here</a>
                                                    and unsubscribe <a
href="https://list.surfnet.nl/mailman/options/surfconext-sp-newsletter">
                                                      here</a>.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    For an overview of
                                                    all mailings by the
                                                    SURFconext team, <a
href="https://wiki.surfnet.nl/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=60701393">see
                                                      the following
                                                      page.</a><br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    In this edition:<br>
                                                    <ol>
                                                      <li> Login record
                                                        again for
                                                        SURFconext</li>
                                                      <li>Migration
                                                        SHA-265: 10
                                                        October at 10:10
                                                        AM</li>
                                                      <li>2nd Connect @
                                                        SURFconext
                                                        hackathon<br>
                                                      </li>
                                                      <li> SURFconext
                                                        Connect
                                                        environment: end
                                                        of life</li>
                                                      <li> SURFconext
                                                        Webinar</li>
                                                    </ol>
                                                    <h1>Login record
                                                      again for
                                                      SURFconext</h1>
                                                    <p>In the first week
                                                      of the new
                                                      academic year
                                                      SURFconext reached
                                                      a new record
                                                      again, in line
                                                      with tradition.
                                                      More than 3.6
                                                      million logins
                                                      occurred through
                                                      SURFconext - an
                                                      increase of more
                                                      than 38 percent
                                                      compared to the
                                                      previous record
                                                      week in September
                                                      2017.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      <a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.surf.nl/en/news/2018/09/new-record-for-surfconext-more-than-3.6-million-logins-in-first-lecture-week.html">
                                                        Read the full
                                                        news item on the
                                                        SURF website.</a><br>
                                                    </p>
                                                    <h1>Migration
                                                      SHA-265: 10
                                                      October at 10:10AM</h1>
                                                    In <a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/surfconextdev/SURFconext+News+SP-edition+2018+%231+5+juni">the
                                                      previous SP News</a>,
                                                    on 5 June this year,
                                                    the migration to the
                                                    SHA-265 hashing
                                                    algorithm was
                                                    announced. Now a
                                                    definitive date has
                                                    been set: 10 October
                                                    at 10:10am, the
                                                    switchover will be
                                                    effective.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    <a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/surfconextdev/SHA-256+migration">
                                                      You will find
                                                      migration
                                                      information,
                                                      including
                                                      timelines at our
                                                      wiki.</a><br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Have any questions?
                                                    Please let us know
                                                    at <a
                                                      class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:support@surfconext.nl">support@surfconext.nl</a><br>
                                                    <h1>2nd Connect @
                                                      SURFconext
                                                      hackathon</h1>
                                                    <p>Are you about to
                                                      connect a service
                                                      to SURFconext?
                                                      Need help with
                                                      setting up your
                                                      SAML or OpenID
                                                      Connect software?
                                                      Or simply want to
                                                      meet the
                                                      SURFconext team
                                                      and learn more
                                                      about SURFconext?
                                                      Join our second
                                                      Connect @
                                                      SURFconext
                                                      hackathon.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      During this
                                                      workshop we will
                                                      explain the
                                                      secrets of SAML
                                                      and OpenID
                                                      Connect, and will
                                                      be there to you
                                                      help you hands-on
                                                      with connecting
                                                      your service to
                                                      SURFconext.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      <a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.surf.nl/agenda/2018/10/hackathon-connect--at--surfconext-sluit-je-dienst-aan-op-surfconext/index.html">
                                                        More information
                                                        about the
                                                        Connect @
                                                        SURFconext
                                                        hackathon.</a><br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      <a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://events.surf.nl/kort/open/1213acb1-36a0-4b93-b12a-5b7fb3589cde">
                                                        Sign up!</a><br>
                                                    </p>
                                                    <h1>SURFconext
                                                      Connect
                                                      environment: end
                                                      of life</h1>
                                                    <p>On 1 November, we
                                                      will shut down the
                                                      <a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/surfconextdev/Environments">
                                                        SURFconext
                                                        Connect
                                                        environment.</a>
                                                      As of that date,
                                                      the SP-form will
                                                      no longer be
                                                      available either.
                                                      After 1 November,
                                                      the test
                                                      environment will
                                                      be the only
                                                      location where you
                                                      can test new SP’s
                                                      and IdP’s, with <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                        href="https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/surfconextdev/SP+Dashboard">the
                                                        SP-dashboard</a>
                                                      as a self-service
                                                      interface.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      In our attempt to
                                                      simplify the
                                                      technical
                                                      connection
                                                      process, we’re
                                                      rethinking the
                                                      amount of
                                                      environments, and
                                                      the names they are
                                                      given. Names like
                                                      ‘connect’, and
                                                      ‘staging’ create
                                                      ambiguity and
                                                      generate a lot of
                                                      support tickets.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      Everybody who has
                                                      registered an IdP
                                                      or SP at the
                                                      Connect
                                                      environment will
                                                      receive a message
                                                      in the coming
                                                      weeks.<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      Let us know if you
                                                      have any
                                                      questions, or if
                                                      you want to
                                                      migrate to the
                                                      test environment
                                                      already.</p>
                                                    <h1>SURFconext
                                                      webinars</h1>
                                                    On 25 September, a
                                                    new SURFconext
                                                    webinar will take
                                                    place. It is called
                                                    'Een veilige IdP,
                                                    een veilig idee’ (A
                                                    safe IdP is a
                                                    confortable idea).
                                                    During this webinar
                                                    (in Dutch) you will
                                                    learn more about how
                                                    to make an IdP safe,
                                                    and by doing so,
                                                    make the whole
                                                    SURFconext
                                                    federation safer.
                                                    Although this
                                                    webinar is tailored
                                                    to identity
                                                    providers, service
                                                    providers are very
                                                    welcome!<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Missed previous
                                                    SURFconext webinar
                                                    about available
                                                    identifiers within
                                                    SURFconext? On the
                                                    SURF YouTube channel
                                                    you can watch <a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxLmEiwjudnzc92w1xtmiFXf4YA7J1nmV">all
                                                      previous
                                                      SURFconext
                                                      webinars.</a><br>
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