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Digital Certificate Operation in a Complex Environment Matthew J. Dovey Oxford University Computing Services.

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1 Digital Certificate Operation in a Complex Environment Matthew J. Dovey Oxford 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 University Computing Services MIMAS Zetoc EduServ Athens Computer Associates E-Science Centre & RAL Admin & Legal Services Stakeholder Group Research Technologies Service IT Support Staff services User registration Library Services Project Manager Systems Developer Evaluation Officer Organisation

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@oucs.ox.ac.uk URL: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/rts/


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