It front-ends the application and verifies that the individual is an active UCLA student, staff or faculty member. A background on AIS secuirty projects is available in the Technology Notebook. For further information or a copy of the ISIS module, contact the project lead or other team members listed below. It interfaces with the UID databases located on the mainframe in DB2 via ODBC connectivity. The modular design of the the security service allows for easy expansion of the system.
All servers are multi-threaded for high performance.
Most servers query data on the back-end. To reduce overhead, connections are opened when the server is started and closed only when the server is shut down. Once the threads open their dedicated connections, they 'go to sleep' until a client request requires one. Things to Note The ISIS modules utilizes existing central authentication information, eliminating the need to build local authentication facilities.