1. 1 Internet2 Middleware update Main source http://middleware.internet2.edu/http://middleware.internet2.edu/ Based on I2 Member meeting, Oct 2000 (trip report at http://www.surfnetters.nl/tv/trips/I2-Fall-2000.html)http://www.surfnetters.nl/tv/trips/I2-Fall-2000.html I2 Middleware = Directories & PKI Personal impression: advanced directories deployment; PKI still in its infancy

2. 2 I2 Directories Early Adopters: mw testbed with 11 NSF-funded institutes (http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/earlyadopters/)http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/earlyadopters/ Schema work: eduPerson LDAP Recipe, e.g. naming scheme (http://www.georgetown.edu/giia/internet2/ldap-recipe/) Shibboleth: inter-institutional authorisation apache module for LDAP support (http://middleware.internet2.edu/shibboleth/)http://middleware.internet2.edu/shibboleth/ Directory of Directories for Higher Education (http://middleware.internet2.edu/dodhe/) Started with meta-directories, e.g. ArchiTech

3. 3 I2 PKI HEPKI, collaboration with Educause (http://www.educause.edu/hepki/)http://www.educause.edu/hepki/ –policy group (CP/CPS) & tech group (naming, profile) –collaboration with US Federal Gov. –Bridge CA –Not aimed at QC’s!