ACCESS Hive Forum adopts AAF Authentication
Australian Access Federation (AAF) authentication is now the preferred authentication method for the ACCESS Hive Forum.
Why is this change necessary?
Our users come from a variety of backgrounds and institutions. ACCESS-NRI has reporting obligations to our funders: NCRIS and partner organisations. Aggregated affiliation totals are an essential metric (see privacy policy for more detail). The best way to do this is to link an institutional email address and affiliation to your ACCESS Hive Forum user profile by authenticating with AAF. The Australian Access Federation (AAF) is Australia’s identity federation and enables seamless and secure connection and collaboration for education and research institutions.
Am I eligible to use AAF?
If you belong to one of AAF’s subscriber organisations then yes, you are eligible. If you do not, and notably most Government Departments and the Bureau of Meteorology are not subscribers, then you cannot use AAF authentication. In which case please use your institutional email address as your primary method of authentication. This can be changed in your preferences.
What do you need to do?
If you already use AAF OpenID Connect to log in to the forum then you do not need to do anything.
However, if you use another method, such as Google or GitHub authentication, but have not yet set up your AAF OpenID Connect connection, please follow these instructions to link your institutional affiliation to your user profile:
It should only take a few moments to do.
Will I still be able to login the way I have been?
Yes! This does not replace any existing authentication methods, it just adds another way of authenticating to the forum, and provides ACCESS-NRI with a trusted source of identity. It also means if you do forget your password you can login through AAF.
Support
As always, if you have any questions / trouble in connecting AAF to your profile please request support through the forum (see instructions for accessing support).