Interidy Identity Provider

The Interidy Identity Provider application generates information cards and acts as a provider of identity attributes. Users can register their personal data and generate managed information cards from this data. These information cards can be used in authentication processes and to automatically fill out forms while fully respecting user privacy as users are given the option to choose what information is revealed.

What is unique about Interidy IdP, is that users can import data from trusted sources, such as the electronic national identity card (DNI electrónico) and the signed FOAF/RDF files generated with the FOAF Manager.

Interidy IdP is based on the modules of the Eclipse Higgins project that implement the services required for issuing secure tokens for authentication with information cards.

The Interidy IdP application prototype features these functions:

• Profile management from a private area:
  To protect data privacy, users must register and authenticate to access their data management area. This way, user personal data can only be edited by the owner of the account after accessing the private area. It also means that users can delete all their data contained in the application.
• Import of verified personal data:
  
  • Users are also able to provide, in a secure and trustworthy manner, their personal data contained in their electronic national ID card certificate: their first and last names, date of birth, nationality and ID card number.
  • To provide verified data, users can import their personal data from FOAF/RDF files that have an associated and verifiable XML digital signature. This type of file can be generated with the FOAF Manager application and can be imported from disk or from an Internet-accessible server.
• Edition of non-verifiable data:
  • Users can add and modify data directly in their private area via a form.
  • They can also import non-verified personal data from FOAF/RDF files stored on disk or on the Web.
• Creation of managed information cards: Registered users can request the issue of managed information cards created from their personal data stored on the server. These information cards are installed in the user's card selector and can be used in authentication processes.

This work was partially subsidized by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) as part of the SEGUR@ project, reference CENIT-2007 2004 of the CENIT program (part of the INGENIO 2010 initiative).

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