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Updates of the APGrid PMA

Updates of the APGrid PMA. Yoshio Tanaka APGrid PMA, Chair Grid Technology Research Center, AIST, Japan. APGridPMA: Members. Geographical locations (except US and AU). APGrid CAs (accredited, 1/3). Australia APACGrid CA Accredited in Nov. 2005 Started the operation in Feb. 2006

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Updates of the APGrid PMA

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  1. Updates of the APGrid PMA Yoshio Tanaka APGrid PMA, Chair Grid Technology Research Center, AIST, Japan

  2. APGridPMA: Members

  3. Geographical locations (except US and AU)

  4. APGrid CAs (accredited, 1/3) • Australia • APACGrid CA • Accredited in Nov. 2005 • Started the operation in Feb. 2006 • Audited in March 2006 • David Bannon, Graham Jenkins, Chris Kendrick • Issues certificates for LCG • China • IHEP CA • Accredited in May 2005 (already in operation) • Audited in December 2005 • profile of the root cert. has been changed • Gongxing Sun, Gang Chen, Fan HuaXiang • Issues certificates for LCG • CNIC / SDG CA • Accredited in Dec. 2005. • Not yet in operation • Going to launch a new CA • hierarchical CA • need to be accredited again • Kai Nan, Morrise Xu,

  5. APGrid CAs (accredited, 2/3) • Japan • AIST GRID CA • Accredited in Sep. 2004 • Started the operation in March 2005 • Audited in March 2005 • Yoshio Tanaka, + 5 staffs • NAREGI CA • Accredited in Nov. 2005 • Started the operation in Feb. 2006 • Not yet audited • Currently, removed from IGTF CA distribution • Masataka Kanamori, + 4 staffs • KEK Grid CA • Accredited in Jan. 2006 • Started the operation in Feb. 2006 • Not yet audited • Takashi Sasaki, + 2~3 staffs • Issues certificates for LCG

  6. APGrid CAs (accredited, 3/3) • Korea • KISTI GRID CA • Accredited in Aug. 2004. (already in operation) • Not yet audited • Sangwan Kim, Jae-hyuck Kwak • Issues certificates for LCG • Taiwan • ASGCC CA • Operated by Academia Sinica Grid Computing Center • Accredited in Sep. 2004. (already in operation) • Audited in Aug. 2005 • Eric Yen, C.C. Chang, + 1~2 operators • Issues certificates for LCG • NCHC Grid CA • Operated by National Cener for High-performance Computing • Accredited in Feb. 2006 • Not yet in operation • Alex Wu, Weicheng Huang, + 1~2 operators

  7. APGrid CAs (under review, planned) • Singapore • NGO CA • will be operated by National Grid Office and Netrust Inc. • CP/CPS under review • will issue certificates for LCG • Thailand • NECTEC CA • will be operated by National Electronics and Computer Technology Center • drafting CP/CPS • Thai National Grid Center • will be operated by Thai National Grid Center • drafting CP/CPS • USA • PRAGMA CA • will be operated by SDSC • planning to be a catch-all CA for PRAGMA members • drafting CP/CPS

  8. APGrid CAs (general membership) • China • Univ. of Hong Kong • India • Univ. of Hyderabad • Japan • Osaka Univ. • Malaysia • Univ. Sains Malaysia

  9. Grid Communities in Asia Pacific – at a glance – • ApGrid: Asia Pacific Partnership for Grid Computing • Open Community as a focal point • more than 40 member institutions from 15 economics • Kick-off meeting: July 2000, 1st workshop: Sep. 2001 • PRAGMA: Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly • NSF funded project led by UCSD/SDSC • 30 member institutions • Establish sustained collaborations and advance the use of the grid technologies • 1st workshop: Mar. 2002, 10th workshop: next month! • APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) Grid Committee • Bridging APAN application communities and Grid communities outside of APAN • Grid WG was launched in 2002, re-organized as a committee in 2005 • APGrid PMA: Asia Pacific Grid Policy Management Authority • General Policy Management Authority in the Asia Pacific Region • 16 member CAs • A founding member of the IGTF (International Grid Trust Federation) • Officially started in June 2004 • APEC/TEL APGrid • Building social framework • Semi-annual workshops • APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) Middleware WG • Share experiences on middleware. • Recent topics include ID management and National Middleware Efforts. • Approved in January 2006.

  10. Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly • NSF-funded project lead by UCSD/SDSC. • 1st workshop was held in March 2002. • Establish sustained collaborations and advance the use of the Grid technologies for applications. • Expected outcomes: • Advance scientific applications • Increase productive and effective use of the grid by researchers and scientists in the Pacific Rim • Increase interoperability of grid middleware in Pacific Rim and throughout the world Tightly collaborating with ApGrid. Having workshops 2~3 times a year.

  11. PRAGMA && TAGPMA • Chille • CICESE (Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Education Superior de Ensenada) • Mexico • UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) • As of today, UNAM is not an institutional member • USA • NCSA • PNG (Pacific Northwest Gigapop) • Starlight (located at Univ. Illinois, Chicago) • Transpac (located at Indiana Univ.) • UCSD • SDSC

  12. APGridPMA: Status & Activities • Accreditation of CAs • 9 accredited CAs • AIST, APAC, ASGCC, CNIC, IHEP, KEK, KISTI, NAREGI, NCHC • 7 CAs are in operation • CNIC/SDG will change the structure and will be re-accredited • Audit • AIST, APAC, ASGCC, IHEP have been audited by the other CAs. • Regular (monthly) VTC. • Brief status reports of each CA • In-depth report of a CA • Decisions • Examination for accreditation of a CA • Approval of charter, minimum CA requirements, etc. • Open discussions • (physical) face-to-face meeting (at least) once per year. • 1st face-to-face meeting was in Dec. 2005, Beijing. • 2nd meeting will be in Oct. 15, 2006, Osaka, Japan.

  13. Some Updates • Issues to be discussed • Accreditation of NGO/Netrust CA • Some information are confidential • Too short validity period of CRL • Netrust CA agreed with disclosing audit report to the APGrid PMA auditors • Accreditation of CNIC/SDG CA • hierarchical CA • IGTF CA distribution from the APGrid PMA • Will need to limit the number of CAs per region • Japanese universities will build UPKI • China has some national/international Grid project • Need to consider hierarchical structure of PMAs

  14. Proposed audit items • NAREGI PKI WG has subjectively selected criteria for auditing Grid CAs. • based on • AICPA/CICA WebTrustSM/TM Program for Certification Authority • minimum CA requirements of APGrid PMA and EUGrid PMA • Web Trust • WebTrust is a seal awarded to web sites that consistently adhere to certain business standards established by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA.ca) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). • In the program, “Web Trust Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities” lists criteria for CAs. • may too much for Grid CAs.

  15. Audit checklist • Simply pickup items from WebTrustSM/TM criteria based on minimum CA requirements. • The number of criteria:

  16. Rough procedures for auditing • Pre examination (few days) • Review all available documents • CP/CPS, User’s manual, Operational manual, CRL, CA Certificate, etc. • Prepare score sheet • Main examination (half day) • Interview to CA staffs • Detailed flow of identifying end entities and issuing certificates • How accesses to the CA private key is controlled • Inspection of equipments • CA server, CA room, backup media, archived logs, a safe box, etc. • Post examination (half day) • Draft and send an audit report • The audited CA is requested to send a report on plans for the improvements in 1 week

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