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NET Initiative Status

NET Initiative Status. Steven Fitzgerald Chief Technology Officer TSAG Meeting July 12, 2001. NET Initiative Overview. General Purpose Goals: To improve network security, specifically authentication To reduce resource cost associated with account creation and maintenance

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NET Initiative Status

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  1. NET Initiative Status Steven Fitzgerald Chief Technology Officer TSAG Meeting July 12, 2001

  2. NET Initiative Overview • General Purpose Goals: • To improve network security, specifically authentication • To reduce resource cost associated with account creation and maintenance • To provide additional services to the campus community • Additional Functionality to be Provided • Web-based e-mail • Calendaring • Software Distribution • Infrastructure Vehicle: A directory service

  3. Project AdministrationSummary • General Statement: We are regrouping!! • Novell Contract • Software package • Consulting Services • Cambridge Consulting • Novacoast • NIWG committee

  4. Current Direction and Status • Regrouping • Focusing on Central Campus Services • PAM authentication for ITR servers • Mail authentication and delivery • Testbed for ITR desktop authentication • Status • Two eDirectory servers deployed • Evaluating Web mail products • Pilot Calendaring system deployed

  5. Step 1. User types in Username and Password Step 2. User Information is looked up in the eDirectory Step 3. OS authenticates Username and Password (See Detailed Diagram) User Step 1 LDAP Step 2 OS eDirectory Step 3 Authentication Process

  6. Step 1. OS Authenticates Step 2. Search on Username Step 3. Return encrypted password Step 4. OS encrypts password Step 5. Compares password Step 6. Accepts or Rejects User LDAP Step 1 OS Step 2 (Unix, NT, Netware) eDirectory Step 4 Step 5 Step 3 Step 6 User Authentication Process II

  7. Web-Mail • Target date: February 2002 • Evaluation of several products • myrealbox.com (NIMS) http://dexter.csun.edu (need account) • IMPhttp://ulairi.csun.edu/imp (need account) • Wmailhttp://wmail.csun.edu • If you would like to review

  8. KEY HTTP Red LDAP Blue SMTP Yellow IMAP Green Mail Architecture DIRECTORY MAIL Post MAIL Office Delivery WEB Desktop Client Command line (ADA 509 Compliant) Web Client b myrealbox Pine 4.2 wmail IMP Outlook Netscape Pegasus .com

  9. Calendaring • Target date: October 2001 • Interim Solution: Meeting Maker 7.0 • Current status: • Software evaluation and documentation update • Pilot deployment within ITR Software download: http://wcal.csun.edu Host list: search.csun.edu Server: trail7 • Integrating MM/LDAP gateway

  10. Calendaring Architecture

  11. Peripheral Projects • Engineering • File Shares • Automatic Backup • Replacement to Unix Shell accounts • CSUN Phone Book • Webreg  https://my.csun.edu • CSU Directory Working Group

  12. U-Drive TAS:Total Access Service NT4 PDC Krusty Printers Files Mac OS OS Novell PAM TAS (nsd) NT4 LDAP LDAP Authentication Authorization Access eDirectory User LDAP /etc/passwd For Legacy System cannot be pammed /etc/shadow

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