Purpose
If you are a member of an MSU Department or
College who is developing web-based applications, Sentinel
may be helpful to you. We can provide a secure, reliable web authentication
service for your web applications. This "utility" will allow members of the
university community to use their existing MSU NetIDs as the login. Here are
some additional details about this service:
Sentinel Features
 | Allows use of MSU NetID and Password
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| Provides authorized web applications with
other identity information about the logged-in users (like SSN, APID, ZPID,
NAME). |
| Provides an encrypted sign-on that uses the
MSU NetID as the basis for authenticating users |
| Allows the use of "guest" logins.
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| Allows your users to "deep link" to a
specific URL within your application web pages even when forced to go through
the login page first. |
Sentinel Environment
| Sentinel Server software runs on a server in
AIS Computer Room |
| Sentinel Client software must be installed
and run on your web server |
| Sentinel supports most industry
standard web servers (ASP, ASP.Net, ColdFusion, Apache Web Server, PHP and
Java/J2EE) |
| AIS provides a test and production
environment that are available 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, excepted for
planned system outages. |
| Access to Sentinel Server is secured via
AIS's D6501 Web Security Application. AIS will setup the necessary security
for your application to access Sentinel. |
| AIS administers backup and recovery services
for the Sentinel Server |
| AIS maintains the Sentinel Server hardware
and software. |
To use this service, please contact the AIS Help
& Support Center at 353-4420, ext. 311 or email
ais311@msu.edu or sentinel@ais.msu.edu to
request a Sentinel kickoff meeting.
To Report Server Problems
Call the AIS Help & Support Center at 353-4420
extension 311 or send e-mail to ais311@msu.edu.
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