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Central Authentication SystemFeedback from the UNI community prompted Information Technology Services to research solutions which would simplify the application process for computer accounts as well as decrease the number of passwords required to access computing resources across the university. Simplifying the account application process included the creation of one account or login that would fit the requirements of multiple applications. This single login is called your UNI username. Your username and password together make up your CatID. UNI faculty, staff, and students have historically called their primary login -- and its associated password -- by many names: logon or login, account name, username, user ID, computer password, and others. When support specialists asked a person to test something by typing in their login and password, a common response was, "Is that my email password?" CatID, the combination of your username and password, is now the new buzzword on campus. The goal is to reduce the number of username/password combinations that are needed to access ITS core systems by using your CatID (username/password) for multiple systems. The Central Authentication System (single sign-on) is based on Oracle Internet Directory and is the basis for authentication to MyUNIverse, MEMFIS, MyUNIverseCT (WebCT), mainframe QWS3270 transactions (beginning August 11, 2008), and Collaboration Suite (Email and Calendar). Central authentication will be tightly integrated with Microsoft Active Directory. When integrated with Active Directory it can also be used for authenticated access to computer labs, Windows servers/desktops, and wireless access. The Central Authentication System was implemented Spring 2007. The services included in central authentication to date include email using Collaboration Suite, MyUNIverse, MyUNIverseCT (WebCT), mainframe QWS3270 transactions (beginning August 11, 2008), and self-service applications such as registration, residence contracting, and financial aid. Other ITS services such as MEMFIS and our general WWW servers will be targeted for integration in the near future. This project will greatly simplify what has become a maze of usernames, passwords and password resets.
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