All things related to digital signatures and encryption, from Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), root, intermediates and CAs, web application and self-signed certificates, through to the Janet Certificate Service (JCS).
Access & Identity Management groups
Welcome to the Janet North East Group
This is the regional group for Janet customers in the North East seeking information about Janet connectivity in their area, support, services and contact information.
The advanced technology at the heart of Janet coupled with the government’s drive for shared services and efficient procurement mean that Janet’s common infrastructure can support multiple communities and deliver significant savings.
Welcome to the Janet Yorkshire and Humberside Group
Welcome to the Janet North East Group
This is the regional group for Janet customers in the North East seeking information about Janet connectivity in their area, support, services and contact information.
The advanced technology at the heart of Janet coupled with the government’s drive for shared services and efficient procurement mean that Janet’s common infrastructure can support multiple...
Welcome to the Jisc Certificate Service group.
For an update on the NEW Jisc certificate service please follow the below link.
The New Jisc Certiface Service
The service offers a number of different X509 SSL certificates, including Extended Validation certificates that give users the highest possible assurance, as well as S/MIME email certificates for digitally signing emails. Jisc has an agreement with the Certificate Authority, QuoVadis who is the provider of the...
Members of the research and education community within the United Kingdom regularly make use of various types of online services, including web-based e-resources, wireless network access, and cloud-based applications. Many of these services require authentication of a user's identity, and many additionally require the release of attributes relating to that identity for authorisation purposes. Access and Identity management technologies and services aim to fulfil this need for robust...
Welcome to the Janet South West Group
This is the regional group for Janet customers in the South West of England seeking information about Janet connectivity in their region, support, services and contact information.
The advanced technology at the heart of Janet coupled with the government’s drive for shared services and efficient procurement mean that Janet’s common infrastructure can support multiple communities and deliver significant savings.
Janet North West Group
Welcome to Janet North West; the Janet community in North West England. Here you can find out about:
Getting help and support with your Janet connection and services.The Janet services and connectivity available to you.Your local Janet activities and events.You can also use this Group to:
Get information and guidance about Janet’s services, policies, technology, etc. For example, you can ask about using Janet’s Frameworks or...Welcome to the Janet West Midlands Group
This is the regional group for Janet customers in the West Midlands seeking information about Janet connectivity in their region, support, services and contact information.
The advanced technology at the heart of Janet coupled with the government’s drive for shared services and efficient procurement mean that Janet’s common infrastructure can support multiple communities and deliver significant savings.
At the request of the Research Councils UK e-Infrastructure group, Janet established a working group from 2013-2016 to support those providing and using e-infrastructure services in achieving an approach that both protects services from threats and is usable by practitioners. More detail about the group can be found in the Terms of Reference
The Working Group published the following papers:
E-infrastructures: Access and Security (summary paper) (Jan 16)Federated Authentication for e...This Community is for the UK e-Science CA. The UK e-Science CA is an IGTF CA which issues globally (but not universally) trusted certificates to grid and e-infrastructure participants (hosts and users) in the UK.
The purpose of this community is to collect and coordinate information relevant to the CA for/with the core stakeholders. One of the issues discussed here is the potential migration of the CA to the JANET Certificate Service.