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Please note that this documentation @ time of writing (10-15-2012) is to begin to build the support environment for Box.net and is not intended for rolling out the service at this time. We plan to offer the service publicly to Faculty/Staff/Students after the new year with the start of the new semester. - Lee |
About
Tufts University entered into an Internet 2 agreement with Box.net to provide cloud storage for faculty, staff, and students. This service is not expressly licensed for clinical affiliates or contractors, but is seat-licensed for anyone pertaining the following:
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The Terms of Service describes the legal agreement with Box.net.
Authentication
Tufts is using ADFS 2.0 to provide a single sign-on experience for users of Box.net cloud storage. We elected to go with ADFS for several reasons:
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By using ADFS, users of the tufts service will be able to continue to use their Tufts Username and Tufts Password to access services that they use most frequently, which will maintain as consistent an experience as possible for our users here at Tufts.
Access & Account Creation
Account Creation
Box.net is configured to allow anyone to self-service provision their Box.net account using their Tufts Username and Tufts Password.
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