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CREN/Mellon PKI Meeting 12/01/2001

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CREN/Mellon PKI Meeting 12/01/2001

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  1. Princeton UniversityThe CastDan Oberst, Director of OIT Enterprise Services…………Big Hat: No CattleDonna Tatro, Manager of Collaboration Services………….Makes It HappenBill Sproule, Lead Technical, Analyst, CSG……………………………Mr. PKILee Varian, OIT Systems Architect……Knows Where the Bodies are BuriedTed Bross, Manager, OIT Data Integration………………Digs up the BodiesMeghan Weeks, Library Systems Analyst ……….Unindicted Co-Conspirator CREN/Mellon PKI Meeting 12/01/2001

  2. Identity, Authentication, Authorization • Campus Community: anyone w/univ. relationship • LDAP: Faculty, Staff, Students (subset of CC) • NIS and NT derive from LDAP netid field • Separate databases: • Alumni (Advance & LDAP), Library (superset of LDAP) • Authentication: • NIS (deprecated), LDAP & Kerberos (direct & via PAM) NT4/AD, PeopleSoft, Oracle • Attributes: • LDAP: Status (Fac/Staf/Stud/etc.); OU (Dept), HomeDept (Num.) • (Planned) Certs: DN (name & email) only • Access Control: • .Princeton.EDU domain, (library) Proxy, VPN, special ID/PW Princeton University CREN/Mellon PKI Workshop

  3. Current applications linked into database/directory/repository: • Remote access • NIS • Email (inc. AUTH SMTP) • LDAP • telnet/ftp/ssh • NISKerberos/LDAP via PAM • NT file & print VPN • NT4AD/Kerberos V • Directory self-service update • LDAP • Library proxy, web apps • cached NIS crypt files • Myriad local apps: • e.g. time collection, Student Grades, resume tracking, etc. - LDAP • NOT linked: Peoplesoft, Oracle, local Blackboard users Princeton University CREN/Mellon PKI Workshop

  4. Planned initial uses for certificates? • JSTOR • Boise Cascade (web ordering) • Inter-office signatures/encryption • WebISO authentication • Administrative Application SingleSignon Princeton University CREN/Mellon PKI Workshop

  5. Current state of PKI deployment? • Servers running in test deployment • Vendor: iPlanet CMS 4.2 • Registration Authority • Certificate Authority • Key Escrow Authority • Hardware: Sun Solaris • Considering “junk cert” OpenLDAP server • Students/Mobile/Short-lived • Anonymous Certs Princeton University CREN/Mellon PKI Workshop

  6. Content providers • Broad range (Lexis/Nexus, Journals, Encyclopedias, etc.) • Currently restricted to .Princeton.EDU • or via web proxy or VPN or special ID • Difficulties using proxy and VPN: • E.g. no VPN client, setup, line speed, etc. Princeton University CREN/Mellon PKI Workshop

  7. Readiness to issue certificates to select group of 200 faculty/staff? • (Hardware) Systems are in place • Legal framework (CPS, etc.) nearly so • Need to identify candidate users • Biggest effort : setting up certs • Works best for laptop users • Cert mobility problem • Support issues • e.g. lost cert, forgotten PW, different computer, etc. Princeton University CREN/Mellon PKI Workshop

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