GNOMIS Program

Thursday November 1

Session 1: Ongoing work (10:30 - 12:00)

Presentation of ongoing projects and operational services for integrated access control in the Nordic countries.

1.1 FEIDHE PKI project: Janne Kanner, CSC/FUNET, Finland (overview of the project 15 min.) - PPT file
Jussi-Pekka Pispa, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (centralized user management 15 min.) - PPT file
1.2 FEIDE: Alf Hansen, UNINETT, Norway - PPT file
1.3 SWUPKI: Torbjörn Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden - PDF file

Lunch (12:00 - 13:00)

Session 2: Pilot projects (13:00 - 14:30)

Pilot projects, small and medium scale testing of AAA infraservices.

2.1 FEIDHE pilots (60 min.): Mikael Linden, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (overview of pilots 10-15 min.) - PPT file
Jarno Salonen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (macro pilot) - PPT file
Discussion (about 10 min.)
2.2 BAS, fundamental user administration system (30 min.): Bård H. M. Jakobsen, USIT/University of Oslo, Norway - PPT file

Break (14:30 - 14:45)

Session 3: Discussion (14:45 - 17:00, including a short break)

Summing up the various experience, what is common ground?

Dinner (19:00 - ??)

Friday November 2

Session 4: Secrets (09:00 - 10:30)

PKI, passwords and other secrets that secure the AAA system.

4.1 PKI experience: Leif Johansson, University of Stockholm, Sweden
4.2 PKI and smart cards for Linux/Unix and centralized web authentication: Erika Suortti, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland (Linux 20-25 min., web auth. 5-10 min.) - PPT file, PPT file
4.3 Discussion

Break (10:30 - 10:45)

Session 5: Authentication and user management (10:45 - 12:00)

5.1 LDAP and authentication: Stig Venås, UNINETT, Norway - PDF file
5.2 Central authentication at Uppsala University: Pål Axelsson, Uppsala University, Sweden
5.3 Directory for interinstitutional authentication and authoriztion.: Leif Johansson, University of Stockholm, Sweden - HTML

Lunch (12:00 - 13:00)
Session 7: Summing up (13:00 - 13:30)
Where can we benefit from learing experiences endured by others? What is common ground? Is there a need for Nordic cooperation?