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The Transition to EGEE and a European PMA

The Transition to EGEE and a European PMA. http://web.site/. EGEE overview. Part of the European Grid Infra (with DEISA & SEE-GRID) 2 + 2 year project, of which 2 years have been approved focus: deployment of grid technology operations & production

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The Transition to EGEE and a European PMA

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  1. The Transition to EGEE and a European PMA http://web.site/

  2. EGEE overview • Part of the European Grid Infra (with DEISA & SEE-GRID) • 2 + 2 year project, of which 2 years have been approved • focus: • deployment of grid technology • operations & production • like GEANT functioned for (IP-) networking • Three areas: • Specific Service Activities • ‘Networking’ Activities • Joint Research Activities

  3. EGEE and Authentication Two relevant action lines • Joint Research Activity 3: Security • The continued operation of the CA Coordination Group and affirmation of this group as the European Grid Policy Management Authority (PMA); • The introduction of on-line validation methods for long-term credentials issued by the participating Authorities; • Foster the creation of a GGF-related body for global trust interoperability; • Study in the scalability issues involved in extending a de-centralized body of CA’s across Europe without sacrificing local authentication capabilities - including the automation of trust evaluation; • Knowledge transfer from the current European Grid CAs to new operational CA centres within the project. • June 2004 (M3): European PMA should be established (liaised with others) • March 2005 (M12): policy evaluation framework established + list of trusted CAs • Specific Support Activity 1: Operations • […] encourage the establishment of new CAs where necessary;

  4. PMA Charter, what can be in it? • A specific instance of the PMA Charter proposed by the CAOPS WG • Process for joining/leaving the PMA • Mandate: defining equivalent of ‘minimum requirements’ • Specific responsibilities of the PMA and the participating CAs • Decision process: conflict resolution, consensus, appeal process? • Codifying our current/desired mode of operation • Relation, representation of relying parties, subscribers • Define relationship of this group to EU, EGEE, +SEERID+DEISA, … • does, should this PMA have a scope broader than EGEE? • identify boundaries w.r.t. other European bodies (like TERENA) • Relations to all national projects

  5. Tools for CAs • Online cert checking mechanism (OSCP responders?) • should be implementable in 2004 for most CAs • common software needed or nice? • CA management software • is there a need for a review/guide on software compatible with Minimum Requirements? • Configuration guide for, e.g., OpenCA? • Repository Function • many equivalent repositories helps in trust establishment • TERENA has one • Anders’ RPM repository • New location for the CA table from marianne – suggestions for a (domain) name of this group?)

  6. Operations – SA1 • Promotion of trust and establishing CAs is also within the SA1 mandate • to be carried out by the Operations Management Centre (OMC) • role for the OMC: the ‘catch-all’ function? If so: • transition from DataGrid-fr to be coordinated • expiration of existing certs • establishing new, separate CA

  7. Roadmap • February initial draft PMA Charter, decide on representation • April next meeting, finalise charter • May definition of PMA membership • June PMA defined Policy & Practices Recommendation v1 • periodic meetings for status updates and reviewing approvals • software tools issue to be discussed (in 2004)

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