A Division of Information Services
Identity Management Services
Identity Management Services is responsible for the
identification, authentication, and authorization infrastructure
(IAA) at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses; central resources
computer account creation and management; and data provisioning
into enterprise and department systems.
Get a general idea of what Identity Management Services does.
Examine the schema for KU's Enterprise LDAP Directory.
The urn:mace:ku.edu namespace supports the assignment of
unique, global, persistent names to KU-specific
directory-related resources.
The Argus authentication system was developed at KU to
provide a central location for web-based authentication.
The Shibboleth inter-realm authentication system was
developed by Internet2 to provide federated access to
resources.
The Grouper groups management system was
developed by Internet2 to provide for managing groups
for diverse purposes, including distribution lists, LDAP groups,
entitlements, and others.
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