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info.eagle.current.status(... or where we've
got to with Raven)
Raven!

• Jon WarbrickUniversity of Cambridge Computing
  Service
• jon.warbrick_at_ucs.cam.ac.uk

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Remind me, what it is?

• A centrally-managed, password-based
  authentication system for web-based services
• Consisting of
• Centrally-managed user ids and passwords
• Central authentication server
• 'Application Agents' (AAs) for web servers and
  web applications

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Where we are today

• User ids and passwords issued to everyone
• Central server running
• CS supported AAs for Apache 1 and 2 under Unix
  (Solaris, Linux, MacOSX) Perl CGI
• Contributed AAs (of varying quality) for Tomcat,
  Ruby CGI, PHP

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Who's using it?

• www.cam extending 'cam-only'
• The new _at_cam mail redirection service
• CS for internal Wiki access
• University Library, Computer Laboratory,
  Geography, Genetics, ...
• Clare, Downing, Trinity Hall, Jesus, ...
• Union Society, SRCF, ...

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What you can do with it

• A replacement for 'cam-only'AddModule
  mod_ucam_webauth.cAACookieKey "some random
  string"ltLocation "/protected_dir/"gt AuthType
  Ucam-WebAuth Require valid-userlt/Locationgt

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What you can do with it (2)

• An extension of 'cam-only'AddModule
  mod_ucam_webauth.cAACookieKey "some random
  string"ltLocation "/protected_dir/"gt Order
  allow,deny Allow from .cam.ac.uk AuthType
  Ucam-WebAuth Require valid-user Satisfy
  anylt/Locationgt

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What you can do with it (3)

• Group accessAddModule mod_ucam_webauth.cAACooki
  eKey "some random string"ltLocation
  "/protected_dir/"gt AuthType Ucam-WebAuth
  AuthGroupFile web-groups Require group
  stafflt/Locationgt

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Where next?

• Apache module built for Windows and Novell?
• Better AAs Java/Tomcat, PHP, ...?
• More AAs IIS? ...?
• Extension to non-University people?
• Example 'Ravenization' of existing web
  applications?
• Links with Kerberos, Athens, Shiboleth, ...?

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For more information...

• See http//www.cam.ac.uk/cs/raven/
• Mailing list at cs-raven-devel-request_at_lists.cam
  .ac.uk

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• Questions so far?