Service Level Definition: Electronic Directory

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Documentation	http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/ed/
Description	Everyone with a campus affiliation has an entry containing their NetID and demographic information in the Electronic Directory. The Electronic Directory, also known as PH, has two main functions. The Electronic Directory is used in conjunction with Kerberos authentication to check the type of affiliation a person has with UIUC to see if he or she is authorized to use campus services. Some services that use the Electronic Directory for authorization include Bluestem, VPN, UIUC Dialup, UIUCnet Wireless, Active Directory, Site Licensed Software, and Walkup Computing. The Electronic Directory is also a white pages service used to look up information about people, departments, and groups on campus.
Who can use this service	Anyone can use the white pages service. Every campus affiliate, including faculty, staff, and students, has an Electronic Directory entry for authorization purposes unless they have chosen to suppress ( hide) their entry.
When the service is available for use	Supported Service Hours: Twenty-four hours a day, excluding the maintenance hours listed below Maintenance Hours: 5:30 A.M. to 7:30 A.M. Monday through Friday 5:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. Saturday 5:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Sunday When the Electronic Directory is unavailable during maintenance hours, the Electronic Directory Editor will not allow changes to be made to an Electronic Directory entry. The authorization component of the Electronic Directory has no maintenance hours.
What you must have in order to use the service	NetID to use services that authorize via Electronic Directory Web browser to use the Electronic Directory Gateway to look up Electronic Directory entries
Where to go for help	CITES Help Desk (see homepage for hours and additional information) phone: (217) 244-7000, (800) 531-2531 email: consult@uiuc.edu walk-in: 1211 Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
Dependencies on other services	Network Infrastructure Kerberos is not a prerequisite for the Electronic Directory to function, but many services that use the authorization component also use Kerberos for authentication.
Cost	A subsidy provided by the Provost on behalf of the campus allows CITES to offer this service at no charge.
How to request changes to this service	CITES Help Desk (see homepage for hours and additional information) phone: (217) 244-7000, (800) 531-2531 email: consult@uiuc.edu walk-in: 1211 Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
How to find out about changes to this service	Major changes will be announced on the CITES Status webpage.
Date created	August 29, 2003
Date of last review	August 29, 2003

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