1 / 10

info.eagle.current.status (... or “where we've got to with Raven”)

Jon Warbrick University of Cambridge Computing Service jon.warbrick@ucs.cam.ac.uk. Raven!. info.eagle.current.status (... or “where we've got to with Raven”). Remind me, what it is?. A centrally-managed, password-based authentication system for web-based services Consisting of

may-ratliff
Download Presentation

info.eagle.current.status (... or “where we've got to with Raven”)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Jon WarbrickUniversity of Cambridge Computing Service jon.warbrick@ucs.cam.ac.uk Raven! info.eagle.current.status(... or “where we've got to with Raven”)

  2. Remind me, what it is? • A centrally-managed, password-based authentication system for web-based services • Consisting of • Centrally-managed user ids and passwords • Central authentication server • 'Application Agents' (AAs) for web servers and web applications

  3. Where we are today • User ids and passwords issued to everyone • Central server running • CS supported AAs for Apache 1 and 2 under Unix (Solaris, Linux, MacOSX); Perl CGI • Contributed AAs (of varying quality) for Tomcat, Ruby CGI, PHP

  4. Who's using it? • www.cam extending 'cam-only' • The new @cam mail redirection service • CS for internal Wiki access • University Library, Computer Laboratory, Geography, Genetics, ... • Clare, Downing, Trinity Hall, Jesus, ... • Union Society, SRCF, ...

  5. What you can do with it • A replacement for 'cam-only':AddModule mod_ucam_webauth.cAACookieKey "some random string"<Location "/protected_dir/">AuthType Ucam-WebAuthRequire valid-user</Location>

  6. What you can do with it (2) • An extension of 'cam-only':AddModule mod_ucam_webauth.cAACookieKey "some random string"<Location "/protected_dir/">Order allow,deny Allow from .cam.ac.uk AuthType Ucam-WebAuth Require valid-userSatisfy any</Location>

  7. What you can do with it (3) • Group accessAddModule mod_ucam_webauth.cAACookieKey "some random string"<Location "/protected_dir/"> AuthType Ucam-WebAuthAuthGroupFile web-groupsRequire group staff</Location>

  8. Where next? • Apache module built for Windows and Novell? • Better AAs: Java/Tomcat, PHP, ...? • More AAs: IIS? ...? • Extension to non-University people? • Example 'Ravenization' of existing web applications? • Links with Kerberos, Athens, Shiboleth, ...?

  9. For more information... • See http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/raven/ • Mailing list at cs-raven-devel-request@lists.cam.ac.uk

  10. Questions so far?

More Related