Introducing iChain
When accessing secure Drew University web sites, such as Webfiles,
Webaccess, Blackboard, CampusWeb, and the Technology
Support Portal,
you will see a login form as depicted below, indicating that the site
is protected by the iChain service.
iChain is Drew's secure web single-sign-on (SSO) system,
and a replacement for our previous Session Manager services. You may
log into any iChain protected service by using your uLogin ID
and password. All current students, faculty, and staff are entitled to
a uLogin account. If you do not have a uLogin account, please call or
stop by the CNS Helpdesk (basement of Brother's College) to make arrangements.
iChain Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I have to enter my password every time I access an iChain
protected web page?
No. iChain is a single-sign-on system. Once you have logged into
any iChain protected site, you may access other iChain protected
sites without
retyping
your
password.
For
instance,
if you browse to webfiles.drew.edu and
then browse to webmail.drew.edu without
logging out, you will be connected to Webmail without being asked
for your uLogin ID and password
a second time. If you wish to completely log out of the iChain system,
you may click the Logout link from any iChain protected site, or
simply exit out of your web browser.
- Will I be automatically logged out of iChain if I leave my
computer idle?
Yes. Their is presently a 1 hour time-out on iChain sessions. Please
note that activity that does not actually refresh a web-page, such
as composing a long email message or filling out a large web form
does not constitute activity so far as a web server is concerned,
and it is possible that your session will time-out if this takes
more than 1 hour. To avoid losing work due to a session timeout,
we recommend that you copy long messages to the clipboard before
clicking Submit, or keep a second browser window open to the same
site and
refresh it periodically while filling out your form or composing
your message.
- How do I explicitly log out of my iChain session?
iChain protected web-sites should have a Logout button or link. This
link will log you out of all iChain sites that you
currently have open. If you do not see a Logout link, or have
browsed away from an iChain protected site, you may still explicitly
end your iChain session by browsing to ichain.drew.edu and
clicking the Logout button on that page.
- What if I don't want iChain to save my uLogin ID on the computer
I am using?
The iChain log in page automatically sets a cookie with your
uLogin ID, so that the login form will automatically have your uLogin
ID filled in on subsequent visits to the site. If you wish to delete
this cookie, check the box "Remove Personalization" on
the logout form when you log out of your iChain session.
- Do I need cookies enabled to use iChain protected sites?
JavaScript?
Yes. Cookies and JavaScript must both be enabled to use iChain
sites.
- Can I change my uLogin password using the iChain system?
Yes. If your password has expired, you will be prompted to change
it when logging into any iChain protected site. To change your password
at any time, simply visit password.drew.edu and click
the Change uLogin Password button.
- Why do I get security certificate warning messages when browsing
iChain protected sites? How can I stop them?
Drew's internal secure web sites use certificates signed
by a Drew-specific Certificate Authority which is not implicitly
trusted by browsers. You can safely ignore the warnings, or if you
wish to
eliminate them, you may install the Drew CA certificate into your
browser. Click here for instructions
and more information on the certificate issue.
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