Will we still be doing eduroam in ten years?
Donald Coetzee
Guy Halse




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Let’s go back to 2014…

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/


https://www.marvel.com/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy

https://www.paramountpictures.com/movies/interstellar

https://www.engadget.com/




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But how were we doing eduroam in 2014?
2 years after South Africa started doing eduroam
Promoting and assisting institutions with on-prem RADIUS
Hacky solutions to try solve problems







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eduroam CAT
https://cat.eduroam.org/
Configuration Assistant tool
Connection profiles







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Managed IdP
https://hosted.eduroam.org/
Certificate based tokens
Geared for smaller entities
Minimises on-prem infrastructure
Does it scale?







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geteduroam 
https://www.geteduroam.app/
Scales really well
Commons Conservancy[1]



[1] https://commonsconservancy.org/programmes/geteduroam/ 


https://get.eduroam.org




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Managed Service Provider

https://msp-pilot.eduroam.org/
“Pilot” you say??
Also helps smaller entities
Minimises on-prem infrastructure







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eduroam Visitor Access (eVA)
https://eva.eduroam.ac.za (for e.g.)
Visitor access
Not open source but licenced
Contribute towards it







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OpenRoaming
https://wballiance.com/openroaming
OpenRoaming and eduroam
https://eduroam.org/eduroam-openroaming-end-user-information/
Be aware of it, pay attention to it, be ready for it


https://www.android.com/

https://www.apple.com/
https://www.samsung.com/






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Will we still be doing eduroam in ten years?
Not if we continue to build and do things like we did in 2014




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Questions



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