Raven-enabled services
This section of the Wiki lists University services that are making use of Raven. As well as providing an advertisment for each service, this list (though it will never be complete) may prove useful in demonstrating the take-up of Raven and in ensuring that it continues to recieve the support and resources that it needs.
Please extend this list.
Central Services
Central Administration
Various web sites, including http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/, http://www.camsis.cam.ac.uk/, allows access to 'university only' material to anyone who can authenticate via Raven.
The University Student Information System, CamSIS, uses Raven for all user authentication.
Computing Service
Various web sites, including the University main web site, allows access to 'University only' material to anyone who can authenticate via Raven.
The web interface to the lookup Directory requires Raven authentication.
The University Computing Service's administrative database, Jackdaw, manages @cam e-mail addresses and IP addresses and uses Raven to identify its users.
Access to results from the Friendly probing system are available via Raven authentication.
Acces to the index which lists both publicly available documents, and documents restricted to University of Cambridge maintained by the University-wide search engine is possible from outside the University network for Raven-authenticated users.
The Raven and Techlinks Wikis use Raven to identify users.
Problems using any of these services should be refered to the Computing Service Help Desk.
University Library
Access to some electronic journals from outside the University network is available to people who can authenticate via Raven.
The Union Catalogue Project support site, Libraries@Cambridge, uses Raven to identify its users.
Student Run Computing Facility
The SRCF provides the mod_ucam_webauth module to allow users and societies to use Raven easily.
Departments
Computing Service
Uses Raven internally to control access to a Wiki (Mediawiki), a request ticketing system (RT), some other 'Intranet' resources.
Cavendish Laboratory
Uses Raven internally to control access to the register of IP addresses. Research groups which are part of the Cavendish use Raven to provide authentication services for room booking systems MRBS and to track resource usage.
Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies
Users of Coursework, http://wiki.caret.cam.ac.uk/ are authenticated via Raven.
CamTools, an implimentation of the Sakai VLE due for release in September 2006 will use Raven for authentication.
Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
[ Still testing most of this, so many features won't be live yet ] Access control to various web based resources, also in ue for our (test) (RT) server. We have a setup to allow Raven authenticated access to our laptop network Lapnet.
Colleges
The Cambridge Colleges' Online Reporting System for Supervisions (CamCORS) uses Raven for all user authentication.
Kings
Kings have a copy of WebNAG running.
Magdalene
A Raven-authenticated formal hall booking system.
Clare
- A raven authenticated wiki for the mcr
- A raven authenticated formal hall, punt and other event booking system
Jesus
The JCSU (Jesus College Student Union) webserver runs mod_ucam_webauth to protect several resources, including:
- Rooms Database moderation and administration area (documentation)
- GradSoc event sign-up system (documentation)
Everything else
Graduate Union
Running a copy of WebNAG
Varsity
Running a copy of WebNAG
