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Title: Digital Certificate Operation in a Complex Environment


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Digital Certificate Operation in a Complex
Environment
  • Professor Paul Jeffreys Dr Michael
    FraserOxford University Computing Services

2
Aim
  • to provide a detailed evaluation and
    implementation of digital certificate services at
    the University of Oxford
  • to evaluate authenticated access to both local
    and remote resources by a variety of user types

3
Summary of deliverables
  • Evaluation reports for different stages of the
    process
  • Copies of policies and overall Certificate
    Practice Statement
  • Details of systems architecture and any open
    source adaptations
  • Project Web site
  • Summative report practical manual

4
Institutional context
  • Oxford University is large and complex
  • Oxford hosts regional e-Science Centre
  • Computing services includes secure access to
    web-based email LDAP services VPN service
  • Desires secure access to central IT support
    applications
  • Desires to optimise access to licensed content
  • Developing account management packages for RDN
    Subject Portals Project

5
Partners
  • Oxford University Computing Services
  • Research Technologies Service
  • Oxford University Library Services
  • Systems and Electronic Resources Service
  • EduServ (Athens)
  • MIMAS (Zetoc)
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (e-Science Centre)

6
Oxford UniversityComputing Services
Project ManagerSystems DeveloperEvaluation
Officer
Research Technologies ServiceIT Support Staff
servicesUser registration
E-Science Centre RAL
Stakeholder Group
Library Services
Organisation
Admin LegalServices
MIMAS Zetoc
EduServ Athens
Computer Associates
7
Primary tasks I
  • Modelling of administration and system
    architecture
  • Development of infrastructure/administration
    components
  • Including server-side security attribute
    server certificate issuing service storage and
    use of certificates certificate revocation
    bindings to existing services
  • Certificate policy practice statements

8
Primary tasks II
  • IT support staff services
  • Access to IT support services certificate
    compliant
  • Athens Devolved Authentication
  • Access to remote resources via Athens SSO and
    digital certificates
  • Mimas Zetoc
  • Direct access to Zetoc services
  • e-Science
  • Provide institutional solution to management of
    certificates within regional e-Science community

9
Summary
  • Development and implementation of digital
    certificate services within a large, complex
    university
  • Practical project with dedicated evaluation
  • Investigating administrative, legal, library and
    technical issues
  • Commitment to open source solutions
  • Will explore development of consultancy/advisory
    service beyond project

10
Contact
  • Paul Jeffreys / Michael Fraser
  • Research Technologies Service
  • Oxford University Computing Services
  • Email mike.fraser_at_oucs.ox.ac.uk
  • URL http//www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/rts/
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