- Is an authentication system initially intended for web
applications. The first time a user attempts to access a web page
protected by CAMS, will be sent to a central login server and prompted
to authenticate. Once the user has logged in, the CAMS server will send
their encrypted identity via tickets back to the original web page they
were trying to access.
- The project is a joint venture project between Pusat Teknologi
Maklumat and Nervesis Sdn. Bhd. The project was first initiated in 2005
but is still ongoing in terms of usage expansion.
- CAMS won an award for "Anugerah Inovasi Penyelidikan Bersama
Antara Sektor Awam Dengan Sektor Swasta (AIPB)", 2006. This award is
coordinated by MAMPU and MOSTI.
- CAMS is not just an LDAP.
- Unified Directory cluster in CAMS consists of two well-known
open source technologies, OpenLDAP and Kerberos. The unified directory
has the following features:
- Real-Time Replication between instances of unified directory.
- High
Availability: The load is served simultaneously by two instances of the
unified directory, making the performance almost double the performance
of one instance. If an instance of the unified directory is down, there
will always be another instance serving the load.
- Multi-master
replication: This feature allows updates, additions or deletions to be
done at any instance of the unified directory.
- N-Tier
replication: This feature allows N number of replications of the
unified directory. With this feature, we can replicate a unified
directory to be used by a faculty without having to worry about the
master. N-Tier allows scalability in product deployment.
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- Our CAMS server is
based on original CAS (open source) by JA-SIG. However, CAMS has more
advance features than original CAS. Currently, original CAS is only 20%
for CAMS.
Current CAMS Project Team Member :
- CAMS project was
initiated in 2005 after a series of discussion in 2003 and 2004 on open
source based Single Sign On solution such as that being used by Yale and
MIT.
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Project Concept
Initiator & Supervisor
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Asiah Abu Samah
(Collaborative & Communicative Div)
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Project Consultant /
Technology Expert
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Azhar K. Mustaffa
(Nervesis Sdn Bhd)
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Responsible Technical Team By Project :
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CAS for IAMS & BIE |
Kanmani Munusamy
(Collaborative & Communicative Div)
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CAS for UMPortal & UMisisweb |
Adnan Yahya
(Collaborative & Communicative Div)
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CAS for UMMail |
Azlin Mohd Ali
(Collaborative & Communicative Div)
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CAS for UMEXPERT |
Norhafizah Hashim
(Collaborative & Communicative Div
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CAS for UMRefereed Journal |
Thanaletchumi Dharmaligham
(Collaborative & Communicative Div)
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CAS for e-Learning |
Anisah Johari
(Collaborative & Communicative Div)
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CAS for Wireless |
Hazur
(Network Division)
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CAS Servers Infrastructure |
Junnaini Ismun(Server Division)
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- The technical team
members are responsible for both the implementation and monitoring of
CAS in their respective areas. This is to ensure quick response to
disruption.
CAMS Implementations :
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CAMS serves about 33,000 students and 5,000 staff. CAMS has been
operating in UM since 2006. With CAMS, users experience SSO when
accessing several applications below :
- Umisisweb for student portal.
- UMPortal for staff.
- Integrated Account Management System (IAMS) for staff.
- JasperServer: Enterprise Reporting System for IAMS.
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2008 :
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In December 2008, CAMS has been implemented to replace the current
manual administration of wireless authentication. Immediate benefits
are :
- Easier and less hassle in managing wireless authentications.
- Seamless process to users (student and staff) , users only need to ensure they have their formal email account working.
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2009 :
- In April 2009, CAMS was introduced as the authentication engine
for UMEXPERT. As a result of the implementation, UMEXPERT users are
able to get into UMPortal from within UMEXPERT without having to do a
second log in.
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Last Updated 15th June 2009
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