CAUL/CAUDIT Authentication Survey - May 2002

1.1 Does your university have a universitywide authentication system?

1.2 If yes, is it directory-based, and if so, which one

do you use (e.g., LDAP, Active Directory)?

2.0 What mechanisms does your institution use to manage access

to electronic resources (located on and off campus) that require
authentication for users on and off campus (e.g., IP filtering, reverse
proxy, user name & password, etc.)?

Australian
Catholic
University

Yes

Yes

eDirectory

Username/password, Reverse DNS lookups, IP filtering, VPN

ADFA

Yes

Yes

LDAP

IP filtering, EZproxy, Username/password

ANU

No

LDAP planned

Challenge-response, IP filtering, Reverse proxy

Bond

No

LDAP (separate systems)

NT4 domain, LDAP, IP filtering (Authenticated proxy planned)

CQU

Yes

LDAP/Active Directory planned

IP filtering, Username/password

Charles Sturt

Yes

LDAP/Active Directory

Username/password, Firewalling, IP filtering, User grouping

Curtin

No

eTrust Directory planned

Authentication against ILMS, Ezproxy, IP filtering

Deakin

Yes

Not directory-based but uses

LDAP/Active Directory

Apache htaccess, Reverse proxy (Squid, EZproxy)

Edith Cowan

Yes

Yes

Active Directory/eTrust

IP filtering, Proxies, Username/password

Flinders

No

Yes

LDAP (Novell eDirectory)

VPN, IP filtering

Griffith

Yes

Yes

LDAP (Novell eDirectory)

Reverse proxy using LDAP username/password

New system planned

Yes

Not completely

Under implementation

1.1 Does your university have a universitywide authentication system?

1.2 If yes, is it directory-based, and if so, which one

do you use (e.g., LDAP, Active Directory)?

Yes

2.0 What mechanisms does your institution use to manage access

to electronic resources (located on and off campus) that require
authentication for users on and off campus (e.g., IP filtering, reverse
proxy, user name & password, etc.)?

LDAP/Messaging Direct MVAULT/

iPlanet Directory Server/Novell
eDirectory

Reverse proxy, LDAP

LDAP university-wide system planned

Reverse proxy (Innopac), EZproxy

James Cook

Yes

La Trobe

No

Macquarie

No

Monash

Yes

Yes

LDAP (iPlanet)

IP filtering, EZproxy, Username/password

Murdoch

Yes

Yes

LDAP (currently), eTrust/Active

Directory planned

NT domains, Username/password, IP filtering, Reverse proxy (Innopac)

LDAP system planned

Username/password, IP filtering, Proxies

Novell eDirectory planned

Username/password, IP filtering, EZproxy

Novell eDirectory

IP filtering, Reverse proxy (iChain), EZproxy, Username/password, VPN

Kerberos

Username/password, EZproxy

IP filtering, Reverse proxy (EZproxy), Username/password

Northern Territory No

QUT

Yes

RMIT

Yes

Southern Cross

Yes

Swinburne

No

University of
Adelaide

Yes

Yes

LDAP

IP filtering, Reverse proxy, Username/password, EZproxy

University of
Ballarat

Yes

Yes

NDS

EZproxy with LDAP Bind

Yes

IP filtering, EZproxy

1.1 Does your university have a universitywide authentication system?

1.2 If yes, is it directory-based, and if so, which one

do you use (e.g., LDAP, Active Directory)?

2.0 What mechanisms does your institution use to manage access

to electronic resources (located on and off campus) that require
authentication for users on and off campus (e.g., IP filtering, reverse
proxy, user name & password, etc.)?

University of
Canberra

Yes

Yes

IP filtering, Reverse proxy, Username/password

University of
Melbourne

Yes

IP filtering, Digital certificates, Username/password, Username/library

barcode, Inbound proxy

UNE

Yes

Distributed, synchronised 'crypt'ed password files

University of
Newcastle

Yes

Yes

LDAP/iPlanet

Reverse proxy, Username/password

University of
Queensland

Yes

Yes

Kerberos/LDAP/Active Directory

IP filtering, Username/password authentication to address translating

proxy

University of
South Australia

Yes

Active Directory planned

Username/password, IP filtering, Remote Patron Authentication (epixtech

ILMS)

USQ

Yes

Yes

LDAP/Active Directory

IP filtering, Reverse proxy, Username/password

University of
Sunshine Coast

Yes

Yes

NDS incorporating LDAP

Username/password, EZproxy

University of
Sydney

No

University of
Tasmania

Yes

Yes

NDS/LDAP

IP filtering, Username/password

UTS

Yes

Yes

LDAP

IP filtering, Authenticated proxy (Squid, EZproxy), Username/password

University of
Western Australia No

LDAP/X500/Active Directory

IP filtering, Username/password

IP filtering, Reverse proxy, Username/password

1.1 Does your university have a universitywide authentication system?

University of
Western Sydney

No

University of
Wollongong

Yes

VUT

No

1.2 If yes, is it directory-based, and if so, which one

do you use (e.g., LDAP, Active Directory)?

at present

Yes

2.0 What mechanisms does your institution use to manage access

to electronic resources (located on and off campus) that require
authentication for users on and off campus (e.g., IP filtering, reverse
proxy, user name & password, etc.)?

Currently testing LDAP

IP filtering, EZproxy, Username/password

LDAP/RADIUS

Standard proxy authentication against RADIUS/LDAP, EZproxy

EZproxy (via University LDAP server), Authentication against Library
patron database (locally digitised documents)

NEW ZEALAND

Lincoln University Yes

Yes

eDirectory

IP filtering, Proxy, Username/password, Authentication against directory

3.0 If you have either a central directory or a separate directory for electronic resources, please indicate whether it contains one or more of the following metadata/fields:

Surname

First Name

Student or
Staff ID

Unique ID (if
different
from the
preceding)
Faculty

Australian
Catholic
University

ADFA

ANU

Bond

CQU

Charles Sturt

Deakin

Edith Cowan

Flinders

School

Dept/
Division

Course, e.g., Discipline,

BA
e.g., Maths

Unit/
Subject, eg.
Economics
101

Campus

Status (e.g.
Undergrad,
HDR, OPG,
research
staff,
teaching
staff

Curtin

3.0 If you have either a central directory or a separate directory for electronic resources, please indicate whether it contains one or more of the following metadata/fields:

Surname

First Name

Student or
Staff ID

Griffith

James Cook

La Trobe

Macquarie

Monash

Murdoch

QUT

RMIT

Southern Cross

Unique ID (if
different
from the
preceding)
Faculty

School

Dept/
Division

X (Staff)

X (Staff)

Course, e.g., Discipline,

BA
e.g., Maths

X (Staff)

Unit/
Subject, eg.
Economics
101

X (Lib)

X (Lib)

Campus

Status (e.g.
Undergrad,
HDR, OPG,
research
staff,
teaching
staff

X (Lib)

Northern Territory

3.0 If you have either a central directory or a separate directory for electronic resources, please indicate whether it contains one or more of the following metadata/fields:

Surname

First Name

Swinburne

Student or
Staff ID

Unique ID (if
different
from the
preceding)
Faculty

School

Dept/
Division

Course, e.g., Discipline,

BA
e.g., Maths

Unit/
Subject, eg.
Economics
101

Campus

Status (e.g.
Undergrad,
HDR, OPG,
research
staff,
teaching
staff

University of
Adelaide
University of
Ballarat

X (Student)

University of
Canberra

University of
Melbourne

University of
Newcastle

University of
Queensland

University of
South Australia

USQ

UNE

3.0 If you have either a central directory or a separate directory for electronic resources, please indicate whether it contains one or more of the following metadata/fields:

Surname
University of
Sunshine Coast

First Name

Student or
Staff ID

Unique ID (if
different
from the
preceding)
Faculty

School

Dept/
Division

Course, e.g., Discipline,

BA
e.g., Maths

University of
Tasmania

UTS

X (Lib)

X (Lib)

X (Lib)

X (Lib)

University of
Western Sydney

X (Lib)

University of
Wollongong

VUT

Unit/
Subject, eg.
Economics
101

Campus

Status (e.g.
Undergrad,
HDR, OPG,
research
staff,
teaching
staff

University of
Sydney

University of
Western Australia

NEW ZEALAND

Lincoln University

4.0 If you have an accessible metadata schema to describe your users, please
indicate what it is:
Standard
X500, LDAP
Australian
Catholic
University

ADFA

eduPerson

Locally
developed

ANU

Bond

CQU

None

Charles Sturt

Curtin

Deakin

Edith Cowan

Flinders

Griffith

James Cook

La Trobe

Macquarie

Monash

Murdoch

Northern Territory

QUT

4.0 If you have an accessible metadata schema to describe your users, please
indicate what it is:
Standard
X500, LDAP

RMIT

eduPerson

Locally
developed

None

Southern Cross

Swinburne

University of
Adelaide

University of
Ballarat

University of
Canberra

University of
Melbourne

UNE
University of
Newcastle

University of
Queensland

University of
South Australia

USQ

University of
Sunshine Coast

University of
Sydney
University of
Tasmania

UTS

University of
Western Australia

University of
Western Sydney

4.0 If you have an accessible metadata schema to describe your users, please
indicate what it is:
Standard
X500, LDAP

eduPerson

Locally
developed

None

University of
Wollongong

VUT

NEW ZEALAND

Lincoln University