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TAGPMA Meeting Update: Americas Grid Policy Authority |

Discover the latest updates and membership details of TAGPMA, covering various American countries and upcoming meetings. Stay informed on CA accreditation and communication infrastructure. |

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TAGPMA Meeting Update: Americas Grid Policy Authority |

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  1. TAGPMA The Americas Grid Policy Management Authority 5th APGrid PMA MeetingAn Update from the TAGPMAVinod Rebello Taipei, Taiwan 20th April 2009

  2. TAGPMA Membership • CANARIE – Canada • DOEGrids (ESNet) – USA • EELA – International • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - USA • HEBCA/USHER/Dartmouth College – USA • IBDS (ANSP) - Brazil • WLCG – International • NCSA – USA • NERSC – USA • Open Science Grid – International • Purdue University – USA • REUNA – Chile • San Diego Supercomputer Center – USA • SENAMHI – Peru • TACC – USA • TeraGrid – USA • Texas High Energy Grid– USA • University of Virginia – USA • UFF – Brazil • ULA – Venezuela • UNAM – Mexico • UNLP – Argentina IGTF Accredited CA Operators CA Accreditation in progress Interested in accreditation Relying Party Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  3. TAGPMA Membership • That is 22 Members from North, Central and South America • Covering Canada, US, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Peru Argentina and Brazil. Two Catchall CAs cover the remaining countries. • 11 IGTF Accredited CAs • 7 Classic • TACC - US, UFF BrGrid & UFF LACGrid - Brazil, UNLPGrid - Argentina, REUNA – Chile, ULAGrid – Venezuela, GridCanada. • 2 SLCS (NCSA and NERSC – US) • 2 MICS (NCSA and TACC – US) • 3 CAs pending, 4 interested in accreditation • 1 Classic (SENAMHI – Peru), 2 SLCS (FermiLabs – US, NSCA to run a Federation-based SLCS) • ANSP – Br, SDSC – US, U. of Virginia – US, Purdue U – US. • 6 Relying Parties • Colombia expected to join soon Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  4. GridCanada CA • Originally, an accredited member of the EUGridPMA. • As the EUGridPMA meeting of Jan 2009, accreditation transferred to TAGPMA. • CANARIE to hand over/back management and operations of the Canadian Grid CA to Canadian National Research Council (NRC). • Transition to take place over the next few months, Roger Impey is the new POC. • NRC will audit existing system and then plan to update/upgrade entire infrastructure, policy etc. • However, NRC do not expect any interruption to the service. Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  5. Current TAGPMA Officers • Chair • Vinod Rebello (UFF – Brazil) • Vice-Chair • Jim Marstellar (PSC – USA) • Secretary • Margaret Murray (UT-Austin – USA) • Trusted Introducer (nominated by the Chair) • Mike Helm (ESNet/LBL – USA) • Term of office ends in July 2009. Elections to be held between May and June. Existing officers will not be running again so expect new names. Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  6. Communication Infrastructure • IGTF Website http://www.igtf.net • TAGPMA Website http://www.tagpma.org has been migrated from Canarie to PSC • Hosts static, public information • Will undergo extensive updating over the next few months • TAGPMA twiki http(s)://tagpma.es.net/wiki • hosts TAGPMA documents under development including profiles, revision histories, tutorials etc. Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  7. Communication Infrastructure • Mailing list tagpma-general and other IGTF aliases migrated and managed by ESnet. • Email problems to the Chair (vinod@ic.uff.br) • A TAGPMA members only mailing list tagpma-private is also be used to broadcast more restrictive content, i.e. accreditation/audit reviews. Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  8. SLCS Profile • Current IGTF approved version of the SLCS Profile is 2.1b, 03/02/2009 http://www.tagpma.org/files/SLCS-2.1b.pdf • Principal Policy Changes • SLCS CAs must issue a CRL • Lowered HSM operating mode to Level 2 • Language update • Brought up to date and in line with alterations made to the other profile documents Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  9. SLCS Profile Status • Complete revision history on the wiki: http://tagpma.es.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/SLCS2 • SLCS Evaluation Spreadsheet [Thanks to Reimer and Shreyas] available on the TAGPMA wiki http://tagpma.es.net/wiki/pub/Main/SLCSPro/SLCS-Review-2.1.xls • Corrections to references (okayed by TAGPMA) should appear online imminently as version 2.1c. Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  10. Classic and MICS Profiles • Classic Profile (Version 4.2, 8/10/2008). • Approved by the TAGPMA at UNLP F2F • Current version of the MICS profile (V1.0 17/07/2007) is undergoing revision. • Clarification of IdM´s and CA´s respective responsibilities • Language update to bring it in line with other profiles. • Expect new version to be ready for distribution to other PMAs after next TAGPMA F2F meeting Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  11. Next TAGPMA F2F Meeting • 9th TAGPMA F2F at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Pittsburgh, PA, US • April 30th – May 2nd, 2009, 9am – 6pm • To discuss changes to IGTF Charter, TAGPMA charter, CA accreditation reviews and audits, Federated identity Management for Grids, InCommon to IGTF Profile mapping, CA Cloning for Continuity of Operations, CA Bridges, … • Arrangements/agenda details can be found here: http://indico.rnp.br/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=47 • As usual, Video Conferencing will be able for remote attendees. • Pittsburgh is on UTC/GMT -4 hours or EDT Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  12. Prior to the F2F Meeting • Preceded by a Federated Identity Workshop (April 29th) to discuss • the state of existing and upcoming Federation technologies • what is available and what is needed for interoperability between different communities • Milan Sova to talk about the European perspective and Federated SSH • Tools for federated CAs • InCommon: Levels of Assurance and roadmap. • Commercial vendors will present their portfolios • http://indico.rnp.br/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=48 • Open to the public, video/webcast details to follow. • To start at 8am EDT. Panel discussion late afternoon. Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

  13. TAGPMA Conference Calls • Fortnightly Video Conference Call are now on Wednesdays. • Next one is 13th May, 11am CDT • Video arrangements: Video ESNet 884483 or GDS 0011349884483 or phone 1-510-883-7860 884483# • The agenda is usually posted on tagpma-general the day before. • Feel free to join in and participate in any of our meetings • Thanks for listening and Doug Olson for presenting Vinod Rebello – vinod@ic.uff.br

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