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[Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl>]

Hi,
  there are a number of things we could do, but I think there are 
serious disadvantages in doing so.
The main is that users will always need to configure some devices which 
are not handled by CAT and there they will need to remember to add the 
realm. Also, sometimes things get broken, home server may be down and a 
proxy may send an Access-Reject, and then the supplicant may prompt the 
user for the username and then forget what it had stored before. If the 
user expects to put in just the user part, then things will not work.
Even worse, some IdPs may accept usernames without realms and treat them 
as local, such users will be accepted at home but as soon as they travel 
they will get rejected.

To summarise, I think that educating users is better, but if the 
community insists then we can think of what options we could have.

Tomasz


W dniu 2014-01-29 13:08, Tom Ivar Myren pisze:
> Hi,
> This is a request from ntnu.no to display a text during CAT installation
> that username must contain realm.
> They realize that text can be added under fine-tuning, but this is visible
> before download.
>
> Or better; add the realm information from the profile to the username, if @
> is not part of the username.
>   
> NTNU have been using XpressConnect and been able to "force-add" the realm
> information.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom Myren
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vidar Kværnø Stokke 
> > [mailto:vidar.stokke AT ntnu.no]
> > Sent: 28. januar 2014 07:50
> > To: Tom Ivar Myren
> > Subject: RE: CAT
> >
> > Okey.
> >
> > Men da skulle man i det minste hatt info om dette på "User Credentials"-
> > dialogen i CAT?
> >
> > --
> > .vidar
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tom Ivar Myren 
> > > [mailto:tom.myren AT uninett.no]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:14 AM
> > > To: Vidar Kværnø Stokke
> > > Subject: Re: CAT
> > >
> > > Hei,
> > > Du har rett, brukere må skrive hele brukernavnet slik dette er nå.
> > > Jeg kan spørre om en endring på dette, men mistenker at grunnen til at
> > dette
> > > er slik:
> > > Innen Terena er man av den oppfatning at brukernavn alltid skal skriver
> fullt
> > > ut.
> > > Det er anbefalt å tvinge brukere til å skrive realm alltid for å unngå
> mulighet
> > > for at roaming feiler, dermed har de ikke et problem med dette.
> > >
> > > /Tom
> > >
> > > 27. jan. 2014 kl. 21:38 skrev Vidar Kværnø Stokke 
> > > <vidar.stokke AT ntnu.no>:
> > >
> > > > Hey.
> > > >
> > > > Da har jeg testet Eduroam CAT. Og jeg tenkte jeg skulle gi deg litt
> > > tilbakemelding:
> > > > Superbra Windows-versjon i alle fall. Kjapp, enkel og grei. Meget bra
> med
> > > melding til brukeren at "dette kun fungerer for NTNU-brukere". Vi ser
> > > egentlig ingen grunn til å fortsette å betale for XpressConnect.
> > > > Meeeeeeeeen. Det er ikke noen måte å tvinge brukere til å legge inn
> > > @ntnu.no, slik som det er på XpressConnect. Dette betyr at samtlige
> > kommer
> > > til å bruke bare brukernavnet. Er det noe jeg har gått glipp av?
> > > > --
> > > > Med vennlig hilsen
> > > > Vidar Stokke
> > > > Overingeniør
> > > > IT-avdelingen, Nettseksjonen
> > > > Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
> > > > (NTNU)
> > > > TLF: 918 97 108

--
Tomasz Wolniewicz
          
twoln AT umk.pl
        http://www.home.umk.pl/~twoln

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