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Deployed PKI in Higher Education

Deployed PKI in Higher Education. An Overview. Goal. Find Institutions that have end-user-focused PKI up and running, and document their experiences Some institutions are moving past “the issues”… “the issues” Who’s out there doing it? … to deploying PKI–

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Deployed PKI in Higher Education

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  1. Deployed PKI in Higher Education An Overview

  2. Goal • Find Institutions that have end-user-focused PKI up and running, and document their experiences • Some institutions are moving past “the issues”… • “the issues” • Who’s out there doing it? • … to deploying PKI– • Is it a Project? App-focused? Departmental? Campus-wide?

  3. Known End-user Cert Deployments • Dartmouth College • Georgia Tech • MIT • University of Pittsburgh • University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston • University of Virginia • … and others

  4. Deployed End-user PKI-enabled Applications • At GaTech, certs authenticate remote access users; required at GTRI • At University of Pittsburgh, students purchase books and other resources on-line • At Dartmouth, certs sign e-mail messages • At MIT, certs authenticate remote users, permit access to restricted Web sites, etc. • Stay Tuned – UT HSC, Houston

  5. ETR – Extending the Reach • NMI grant initiative via NSF • 9 respondents • Various levels of deployment, mostly LDAP, some Shib • State- and region-wide (AL, IN, MI, NJ, VT, CalState, Great Plains) • Proposals seek to expand infrastructure and other resources using NMI-based middleware

  6. State-based PKI deployments … • At the state level: • Illinois – 21000 certs deployed to date (Nov. 2003), 2100 / month being sent out • New Jersey – for state gov’t and business use, some 5K-6K deployed • usw • More information to come re: • Arkansas • Nebraska

  7. Observations • Despite “the issues”, PKI is being deployed to end-users in useful and functional ways • Variety of applications – class registration and grades tracking, e-mail, VPN, e-store, et.al. • The technology is enabling (multi-app, multi-fn) • Addresses legislation requirements (e-sign, HIPAA, et.al.) • Deployed user certs tend to be purchased from vendors (RSA, Thawte, VeriSign, et.al.)

  8. Deployed PKI in Higher Education Thank You Nathan Faut nfaut@educause.edu 301-335-2656

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