[seek-dev] myproxy

[dave thau]

A guy I met at a bar tonight told me about this:

http://grid.ncsa.uiuc.edu/myproxy/

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MyProxy Online Credential Repository

MyProxy is a credential repository for the Grid. Storing your Grid
credentials in a MyProxy repository allows you to retrieve a proxy
credential whenever and wherever you need one, without worrying about
managing private key and certificate files. Using a standard web browser,
you can connect to a Grid portal and allow the portal to retrieve a proxy
credential for you to access Grid resources on your behalf. You can also
allow trusted servers to renew your proxy credential using MyProxy, so,
for example, your long-running tasks don't fail because of an expired
proxy credential. A professionally managed MyProxy server can provide a
more secure storage location for Grid credentials than typical end-user
systems.

MyProxy provides a set of flexible authorization mechanisms for
controlling access to the repository. Server-wide policies allow the
MyProxy administrator to control how the repository may be used.
Per-credential policies allow users to specify how each credential may be
accessed. Passphrase and/or certificate-based authentication is required
to retrieve credentials from MyProxy. If a credential is stored with a
passphrase, the private key is encrypted with the passphrase in the
MyProxy repository.

The MyProxy project is currently supported by:

NSF Middleware Initiative
NSF Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure

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Looks interesting, anyone play with it?

Dave