On your machine add the following information in your host file. DNS Queries will be resolved locally when added to the host file.

Note: linux: /etc/hosts and Windows: windows-install-path\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

128.198.61.19	sis-newjersey.csnet.uccs.edu sis-newjersey
128.198.61.17	sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu sis-connecticut
128.198.61.15	sis-canada.csnet.uccs.edu sis-canada
128.198.61.13	sis-nissc.csnet.uccs.edu sis-nissc

Download the certificates from http://blanca.uccs.edu/~infoshare/src/export_certs_demo.zip

Install the certificates into your favorite local browser

Test by clicking on the links below

Test1

• Objective: test if the user can retrieve files and post files. retrieve operations in HTTP represent read permission, while post operation in HTTP represents  write permission
• Two users alpha-sis-nissc and beta-sis-nissc try to access information from sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu, later has the write permissions and both have read permissions.

alpha-sis-nissc access information from sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu

v https://sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu/level1/review.txt -- the user can retrieve the file review.txt using HTTP-GET.

!! https://sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu/level1/upload.html -- the user cannot upload files using the HTTP-POST

beta-sis-nissc access information from sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu

v https://sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu/level1/review.txt

v https://sis-connecticut.csnet.uccs.edu/level1/upload.html

The user beta-sis-nissc has read and write permissions, so he can succesfully retreive and upload files.

Test2

• Objective: test if the user can retrieve files from multiple agencies. Using the role access defined by the organization in accordance to its organizational structure.
• User beta-sis-connecticut tries to access information from two agencies sis-nissc.csnet.uccs.edu and sis-canada.csnet.uccs.edu. beta-sis-connecticut has been given level2 directory access at sis-nissc.csnet.uccs.edu and level3 directory access at sis-canada.csnet.uccs.edu.

v https://sis-nissc.csnet.uccs.edu/level2/review.txt

!! https://sis-canada.csnet.uccs.edu/level2/review.txt

v https://sis-canada.csnet.uccs.edu/level3/review.txt

Test3

• Objective: test if the user can retrieve files from his/her agency using the role access defined by his/her organization in accordance to its organizational structure. (preliminary test)
• User epsilon-sis-newjersey tries to access information from his organization sis-newjersey.csnet.uccs.edu

v https://sis-newjersey.csnet.uccs.edu/level4/review.txt

NOTE

v succesful access !! denied/forbidden access