On Jan 7, 2008, at 4:35 PM, John Gorentz wrote:

> At the last meeting something was mentioned about a guest identity  
> system that's in the works.  I'd be interested in learning more,  
> especially if it could help us with our planning.   We have a lot of  
> visitors.  The university has already come up with good mechanisms  
> for long-term visitors, but the short-termers are still a problem.


Hi John,

That somebody was me.  We are working on rolling out the CommunityID  
system with the Non Credit Enrollment system being the first  
integrated service.  If you (or anyone with a vested interest) would  
like to contact me directly to discuss integrating CommunityID with  
your system/service, then we can setup some time to discuss how the  
system works, what is needed to proceed, etc.

The gist of the CommunityID system is that it allows anyone to obtain  
a low-level-of-assurance Identity at MSU with "instant" activation and  
resource provisioning.

We basically built a messaging system (JEE/J2EE) for service->service  
message brokering, a self-service application which the users can  
manage their ID with, and all of the hooks into the current MSU  
identity infrastructure to ensure we can continue to support these  
folks as they potentially strengthen their affinity with MSU (perhaps  
become a student, staff or faculty member).

Again, if you are a service sponsor, and would like your service to  
utilize this centrally supported "guest user" solution, please contact  
me, either via e-mail ([log in to unmask]) or phone (2-5388).

./mk
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Matt Kolb  <[log in to unmask]>
Academic Computing & Network Services
Michigan State University