TechTalks Event
Middleware: Authentication, Authorization, and Directory Issues
with guest expert Ken Klingenstein, Director Information Technology Services University of Colorado at Boulder�
June 3, 1998
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Welcome to the Middleware: Authentication, Authorization, and Directory Issues web page. This event was led by Ken Klingenstein. The session was at 4pm (EDT), on Wednesday June 3.
If you've missed the event, you can listen to the archived version.
Ken discussed strategies
for dealing with developing the technologies and processes that
provide the glue for a campus-wide applications architecture. Middleware
provides security, identity, the ability to access information regardless
of location, database access, campus permissions, and mass customization.
Forces such as security, digital libraries and Internet2 have suddenly
turned middleware from "We'll get around to those soon" to "We need
to do something about these very soon" kinds of issues. What makes
these issues particularly difficult is that the technologies are
emerging and the processes are dependent on local campus environments.
Ken answered questions about strategic and tactical directions.
- What is middleware? Do I need it now? What can it do for me?
- What are the options for campus-wide authentication services?
- How do I authenticate and authorize users for use of licensed resources?
- How do I select a directory strategy? How do I get started? What are the campus processes necessary to develop consistent directory data?
References
The recent white paper on authentication at
www.cni.org.
