NET Initiative Status

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NET Initiative Status

• Steven Fitzgerald
• Chief Technology Officer
• TSAG Meeting
• July 12, 2001

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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

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Project AdministrationSummary

• General Statement
• We are regrouping!!
• Novell Contract
• Software package
• Consulting Services
• Cambridge Consulting
• Novacoast
• NIWG committee

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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

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Authentication Process
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Authentication Process II
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Web-Mail

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

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Mail Architecture
DIRECTORY
MAIL
MAIL Post
Delivery
Office
WEB
Desktop Client
Command line (ADA 509 Compliant)
Web Client
b
myrealbox
Pine 4.2
wmail
IMP
Outlook
Netscape
Pegasus
.com
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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

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Calendaring Architecture
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Peripheral Projects

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

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U-Drive
TASTotal Access Service
NT4 PDC
Printers
Krusty
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