Grid Authorization BOF


Global Grid Forum 6 in Chicago
Tuesday Oct. 15, 2002
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Gleacher Room 608

Scope:

Security requirements of grid systems require flexible, scalable and fine grain authorization mechanisms. This BOF focuses on finalizing a working group
charter with the following aims, tentative deliverables and tentative schedule:

BOF Agenda:

  • Overview and proposed scope and milestones (5min)
  • Brief presentation on existing grid authorization mechanisms (15 min)
  • Brief presentation on existing authorization and privilege management frameworks, APIs and standards (15 min)
  • Presentation on authorization scenarios from multi-credentials req. document and work-in-progress ACE security req. document (15 min)
  • Review and discussion of proposed charter and milestones. Discussion on interactions and overlap with other GGF WGs/RGs, specifically CA-Ops, Large Site AAA, OGSA-Sec, ACE and P2P Sec. (40 min)

WG Charter Draft:

Title: Grid Authorization
Chairs: Markus Lorch, Jim Basney
Web-Page: http://zuni.cs.vt.edu/grid-authz

WG Goal:

The aim of this working group will be to provide guidance for grid developers to create interoperable authorization systems that can (1) provide for the immediate needs in the area of authorization, and (2) be compatible with new grid architectures (e.g. OGSA) and leverage work in other forums and groups.

Deliverables:

  1. A document to summarize existing and proposed authorization mechanisms and frameworks and to compare them based on the security requirements elicited by other GGF groups (large site-AAA, GSI, ACE, OGSA-SEC, P2P security).
  2. A document to recommend a set of APIs, protocols and standards for access decision and enforcement modules as well as for the specification of access control information.

Milestones:

  • GGF6 Fall 2002
    • BOF, finalize charter
  • GGF7 Spring 2003
    • Summary document, 1st draft
  • GGF8 Summer 2003
    • Summary document, 2nd draft
    • Recommendation document 1st draft
  • GGF9 Fall 2003
    • Summary document, final version
    • Recommendation document, 2nd draft
  • GGF10 Spring 2004
    • Recommendation document, final version

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