Standards Body
Open Grid Forum (OGF)
Description
The OGF's CAOPS-WG
(Certification Authority Operations-WG),
part of the OGF e-Science function, is concerned with the organization of
operational aspects of 'cross-grid' authentication. As such, it maintains
strong links with the International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF), concerned
with the actual implementation of guidelines and accreditation of
authentication providers. Closely related activities occur in the area of
conveying authentication decisions, and the associated standards in the WS and
PKI domains.
Closely linked to CAOPS is the
International Grid Trust Federation,
the operational global coordination organisation for authentication in
e-Science. Comprised of delegates from authorities and relying parties,
it provides guidelines for authentication and distributes the trust anchors
of accredited authorities for subsequent use by relying parties such
as EGEE.
Relevance to EGEE
The CAOPS-WG is the coordinating body for all authentication authorities
and the members provide the operational authentication infrastructure on
which EGEE relies. The International Grid Trust Federation is anchored in
the Open Grid Forum through this working group.
Through the Working Group, information critical to sustained interoperation
of the authentication infrastructure is shared with the community of
relying parties and software providers globally. Periodically, critical
documents and use cases are collected from major relying parties such
as EGEE to ensure the working group produces document that reflect current
operational thinking.
Documents
EGEE Contributors
| Name |
Partner |
Role |
| Christos Kanellopoulos |
HellasGrid CA (GRNET) |
co-chair, document editor |
| David Groep |
DutchGrid CA (FOM) |
document editor |
| Dave Kelsey |
The LHC Computing Grid Project (RAL/CCLRC) |
document contributor |
| David O'Callaghan |
Grid-Ireland (TCD) |
document contributor |
| Jens Jensen |
UK e-Science CA (RAL/CCLRC) |
document contributor |
| Kaspar Brand |
SWITCH CA (SWITCH) |
document contributor |
| Milan Sova |
CESNET CA (CESNET) |
document contributor |
| Reimer Karlsen-Masur |
DFN GridGermany (DFN) |
document contributor |
| Ursula Epting |
GermanGrid CA (FZK) |
document contributor |
| Willy Weisz |
Austrian Grid CA (Uni Vienna) |
document contributor |
| Hardi Teder |
Estonian Grid (EENET) |
contributor |
| Javi Masa |
pkIRISGrid (RedIRIS) |
contributor |
| Joni Hahkala |
Finland (CSC) |
contributor |
| Lauri Anton |
Estonian Grid (EENET) |
contributor |
| Contributors via the EUGridPMA or IGTF (not directly to the WG documents) |
| Name |
Partner |
Role |
| Alberto Pace |
CERN CA (CERN) |
contributor |
| Ian Neilson |
CERN Grid CA (CERN) |
contributor |
| Sophie Nicoud |
CNRS Grid-FR (CNRS) |
contributor |
| Kyriacos Neocleous |
CyGrid CA (Uni Cyprus, Nicosia) |
contributor |
| Brian Coghlan |
Grid-Ireland (TCD) |
contributor |
| Roberto Cecchini |
INFN CA (INFN) |
contributor |
| Anders Waananen |
NorduGrid (NBI) |
contributor |
| Pawel Wolniewicz |
PolishGrid (PSC) |
contributor |
| Jorge Gomes |
LIPCA (LIP) |
contributor |
| Lev Shamardin |
RussianDataGrid CA (MSU) |
contributor |
| Jan Astalos |
SlovakGrid (SAVBA) |
contributor |
| Rafael Marco |
DataGrid-ES (UNICAN) |
contributor |
| Pascal Paneels |
Belnet Grid CA (BELNET) |
contributor |
| Borut Kersevan |
Slovenia (SiGNET) |
contributor |
| Tamas Maray |
NIIF/HungarNet (NIIF) |
contributor |
| Marcus Pattloch |
DFN GridGermany (DFN) |
contributor |
| Eygene Riabinkin |
RDIG (MSU) |
contributor |
| Asli Zengin |
TR-Grid CA (ULAKBIM) |
contributor |
| Dobrisa Dobrenic |
Croatia (SRCE) |
contributor |
| Jules Wolfrat |
The DEISA Project (SARA) |
contributor |
| Nikos Vogiatzis |
The SEEGRID Project (GRNET) |
contributor |
| Licia Florio |
TERENA TACAR (TERENA) |
contributor |
Status
This working group in the community (e-Science) function of OGF
is an ongoing effort to ensure a harmonized and interoperable
authentication infrastructure. As such, new documents get
proposed continuously.
Many documents today are in an advanced state for WG last call
or pending publication, having been approved by the Grid Forum
Steering group. Most of the
guidelines and recommendations contained in these
documents are already being implemented.
March 2008
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