[ogsa-wg] [ogsa-authn-bof] Authentication in OGSA

[Steven Newhouse]

 > I specifically
> think these additions are not supported, nor are they supportable, for 
> high-performance computing resource access under OGSA either in 
> philosophy or in implementation as written.

'access under OGSA' is a bit of a null statement IMHO. Both of the 
proposed mechanisms (username/password & X.509 certificates) are viable 
in some deployment scenarios - perhaps not in others. The key 
requirement is to keep moving.

Waiting for the results of WG's that are just having BoFs is not really 
a viable solution.

Steven
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