Ken Kingenstein
Dr. Ken Klingenstein is Director of the Internet2 Middleware and Security areas
Summary
The
development of middleware has been compared to the creation of indoor
plumbing. Before middleware, each application had to handle
identities, preferences, permissions, etc; with middleware,
applications can connect to a infrastructure that provides all those
services, much as water moves is delivered and used in houses today.
In the last ten years, there has been much work in many
countries to build out basic services in enterprise authentication,
directories, federations as well as success in connecting
applications to this new plumbing.
The work so far provides
the directions that we must move in. This talk will look briefly at
what has been built so far, and looks at the next five years of
indoor plumbing
Ken Kingenstein
Dr. Ken Klingenstein is Director of the Internet2 Middleware and Security areas
Summary
The
development of middleware has been compared to the creation of indoor
plumbing. Before middleware, each application had to handle
identities, preferences, permissions, etc; with middleware,
applications can connect to a infrastructure that provides all those
services, much as water moves is delivered and used in houses today.
In the last ten years, there has been much work in many
countries to build out basic services in enterprise authentication,
directories, federations as well as success in connecting
applications to this new plumbing.
The work so far provides
the directions that we must move in. This talk will look briefly at
what has been built so far, and looks at the next five years of
indoor plumbing