Big Things were Video Remote backhoe sound added alot had force sensors wouldn't let me play with it telecomuting backhoes Oh Ya remote teaching, medicine For remote med, the link CANNOT go down Emersive Enviornments Brents office w/o monitor MIT's CAVE Big questions .. what can you do with this? Middleware Goes between client and database Place were business rules can be enforced Removes load from client Data Formats What is a person What is a student Not yet worried about format, just content XML? PKI A cert is an expireable key to a resource A way for a server to verify a user w/o a shared secret Keeps all the secrets on ONE server for whole campus, world, etc. Generally contains Who you are Expire date Who signed the cert What its good for signing encryption other A public key back to you Strength level A URL to find out more (signers url) A URL to the revokation list Each field can be marked manditory but are generally not Some certs are anonymous student to access a library, but not which student. useful for ejournals No way to log a certs use No real way to revoke a cert before it's time The POLICY concerns are a big deal (what's == feds moderate security?) RSVP Inet v6