The Next Generation Infrastructure
Weldon Ihrig,
ECAR Research Bulletin,
Dec 04, 2002
"Within ten years," promises this article, "multiple logons will be a thing of the past." This may be true, but it may take a wider view of integration than is presented here. Still, it's a good first step. The idea is that access to university systems will be user based, and not system based or service based. This in turn entails a system that begins with user authentication, rather than one that requires a login on an ad hoc basis. This, in turn, requires robust communication between different services; this communication is facilitated with middleware. But for this to really work, we need to remove authentication from the institutional environment entirely - otherwise the user still faces a flurry of logon screens. This is the motivation behind Microsoft's Passport system. But rather than having one centralized authentication system (that users don't really trust) we need to offer users a selection of services, any one of which will interact with university and other systems. PDF file.
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