ECAT PLACEBO Test page

Reminder: you have to have Kerberos V5 tickets as ecatt (or ecatdemo) before this will work.

Click here to test your ksign application!

If this didn't work, you can send mail to tytso@mit.edu. Maybe I'll even send you mail back!


Click here to find out what happens when there's no trasaction server waiting at the right port.

If this didn't work, you can send mail to /dev/null. Don't expect an answer. :-)


Click here to find out what happens when there's a trasaction server, but it doesn't have valid credentials. (Common ecat vendor setup error.)

If this didn't work, also feel free to send mail to /dev/null. An answer will be about as likely as MIT deciding to increase I/T staff headcount.


Click here to find out what happens when there's a trasaction server, but it has expired credentials. (Common ecat vendor setup error.)

If this didn't work, just give up now.


Click here to find out what happens when the placebo transaction daemon tries talking to the secure profile daemon on ecat.mit.edu.

If this didn't work, then the production ecat service may not be working either.