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Internet2 Middleware update. Main source http://middleware.internet2.edu/ Based on I2 Member meeting, Oct 2000 (trip report at http://www.surfnetters.nl/tv/trips/I2-Fall-2000.html ) I2 Middleware = Directories & PKI
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Internet2 Middleware update • Main source http://middleware.internet2.edu/ • Based on I2 Member meeting, Oct 2000(trip report at http://www.surfnetters.nl/tv/trips/I2-Fall-2000.html) • I2 Middleware = Directories & PKI • Personal impression: advanced directories deployment; PKI still in its infancy
I2 Directories • Early Adopters: mw testbed with 11 NSF-funded institutes (http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/earlyadopters/) • Schema work: eduPerson • LDAP Recipe, e.g. naming scheme (http://www.georgetown.edu/giia/internet2/ldap-recipe/) • Shibboleth: inter-institutional authorisationapache module for LDAP support(http://middleware.internet2.edu/shibboleth/) • Directory of Directories for Higher Education(http://middleware.internet2.edu/dodhe/) • Started with meta-directories, e.g. ArchiTech
I2 PKI • HEPKI, collaboration with Educause(http://www.educause.edu/hepki/) • policy group (CP/CPS) & tech group (naming, profile) • collaboration with US Federal Gov. • Bridge CA • Not aimed at QC’s!