Athens Authentication (general)
Central server with several replication servers situated around the UK.
Central server in Bath.
Replication servers in Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle.
Institutional user administration performed by an institution representative.
Self-registration from departmental group accounts is a common practice.
Methods of batch registration are available.
Administration of central and replication servers performed by NISS.
Physical maintenance of replication servers performed by host institution.
Three types of user account and policy for authentication:
Personal (username/password, no IP checking)
Access (or group) (username/password and/or IP checking)
Administrator (username/password and restricted IP checking)
Validation is always performed against a resource-name (i.e. a database
name).