Hello,
I've been reading Andrew Young's paper on JANET Authorisation and Encryption
services (http://www.niss.ac.uk/education/jisc/acn/authent/young.html). I can
see this service adding a much-needed layer of security for those operating eLib
services (such as SCOPE).
However, I have a few questions which although I do not expect answers from
fellow eLibbers, others may wish to read and make other (or the same) comments.
1.Can a user (student) use this service from a computer outwith academia (via
commercial ISP?)?
2.If the service is open to the type acces mentioned in 1 above, can it be
extended to allow certified access from outwith the UK? This would be very
useful in delivering materials for distance learning.
3. Will a WWW compliant system be up and running (completely) soon or is there a
bit of pilot testing to do?
George Pitcher
Technical Manager
SCOPE Project Technical Unit
Napier University, Edinburgh
Tel: (44) 131-455 6179
Fax: (44) 131-455 6180
www.scope.napier.ac.uk/Cactus.sorb.html
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