[gin-auth] VO naming again...

[Oscar Koeroo]

which means that I'll change the GIN-GGF-ORG VO name to:       "gin.ggf.org"
... if one or both security area directors approve with the change and 
use of the "ggf.org" domain as a suffix to the GIN VO.

    Oscar


Von Welch wrote:

>
> Works for me.
>
> Von
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Olle Mulmo wrote:
>
>>
>> FYI,
>>
>> This was discussed (again) at two consecutive EGEE meetings at CERN  
>> last week, ending in the draft text proposed below.
>>
>> /Olle
>>
>>
>> VO Naming
>> ---------
>> The VO name is a string, used to represent the VO in all interactions
>> with grid software, such as in expressions of policy and access  rights.
>>
>> The VO name MUST be formatted as a subdomain name as specified in
>> RFC 1034 section 3.5. The VO Manager of a VO using a thus-formatted  
>> name
>> MUST be entitled to the use of this name, when interpreted as a  name 
>> in the Internet Domain Name System.
>> This entitlement MUST stem either from a direct delegation of the  
>> corresponding name in the Domain Name System by an accredited  
>> registrar for
>> the next-higher level subdomain, or from a direct delegation of the
>> equivalent name in the Domain Name System by ICANN, or from the  consent
>> of the administrative or operational contact of the next-higher  
>> equivalent
>> subdomain name for that VO name that itself is registered with such an
>> accredited registrar.
>>
>> Considering that RFC1034 section 3.5 states that both upper case  and 
>> lower
>> case letters are allowed, but no significance is to be attached to  
>> the case,
>> but that today the software handling VO names may still be case  
>> sensisitive,
>> all VO names MUST be entirely in lower case.
>>