Alabama Middleware Workshop

August 1, 2002

Sponsored by UAB and the NSF/Alabama EPSCoR Internet2 Initiative, Grant No. 0091853

Roster of Attendees

Purpose

1.    Present work done by campuses on developing middleware infrastructure, e.g., integrated directory services and PKI;

2.    Discuss applications of this infrastructure;

3.    Prototype statewide middleware models (directories & PKI) that promote ease-of-use and appropriate security for researchers using remote resources on high performance networking infrastructure.

Agenda

·        Welcome and overview, Sheila Sanders, UAB

·        Middleware Infrastructure , David Shealy, UAB

o       UAB LDAP Committee and Schema , Landy Manderson, UAB

o       UAB MS Active Directory Project , David Green, UAB

·        Moderated discussion on Alabama EPSCoR campus middleware infrastructure and goals

·        Overview of National Middleware Initiative , Sandra Redman, UAH

·        LDAP Enabled Applications

o       ResNet and licensed software downloads , Terry Tatum, UAB

o       Status of UAB PKI , Tim Brown, UAB

o       Infrastructure WebCT using LDAP for authentication , Mike McBride, UAB

o       Moderated discussion of PKI and LDAP enabled applications

·        Overview of UAB Security & Privacy Policies , John Piazza, UAB

·        Update Alabama Middleware Strategic Plan:  Notes on discussion