SANReN Competency Area
To authenticate SANReN Competency Area staff
Verify users from SANReN Competency Area
SANReN Competency Area is a member of SAFIRE, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with SANReN Competency Area by having them sign in with their SANReN Competency Area account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- South Africa
- Federation
- SAFIRE
Institution details
- Description
- To authenticate SANReN Competency Area staff
- Country
- South Africa
- SAML Entity ID
https://proxy.safire.ac.za/birk.php/googleidp.sanren.ac.za/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Scopes
- Federation
- SAFIRE
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- technical
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with SANReN Competency Area?
Yes. SANReN Competency Area participates in SAFIRE, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their SANReN Competency Area account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does SANReN Competency Area support persistent identifiers?
No. SANReN Competency Area only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is SANReN Competency Area in?
SANReN Competency Area is located in South Africa.
How do I verify students from SANReN Competency Area?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at SANReN Competency Area. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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