Construction of data sharing systems based on the UPKI Federation

Abstract

Kanazawa University has participated in the "Experiment of single sign-on based on the associated authentication infrastructure of UPKI", which is a part of "Cyber Science Infrastructure Project" conducted by the National Institute of Informatics and collaborative information technology centers. In the collaborative project, we have constructed two systems, "File Transfer Service" and "Opens Digital Contents Service", in order to handle data files and digital contents safely making use of the advantages of UPKI. We also took into account the several issues to be solved in the actual operations of these systems. In the present paper, we introduce configuration of the systems and discuss the prospects of technical solutions.