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Foil 38 Requirements: Security

From Status and Plans of MiddleWare(WebFlow) for Gateway ASC Gateway Project Dayton Ohio -- January 7 1999. by Tom Haupt


authentication based on Keberos/SecurID
  • this is a particular implementation of ORB and GSSAPI
  • NPAC suggests PKI approach for the web access
    • Gateway CA
no need for new "WebFlow" user accounts
  • users needs Gateway certificates or "Gateway ID", though
  • mapping between Gateway ID and the user account is needed
  • model for authority delegation is needed
access control
  • reuse existing database
  • AKENTI uses LDAP, ORB uses Access Control Lists



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