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

[Von Welch]

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I agree with Steven. We need to separate what is specified from what  
is acceptable in certain deployment scenarios. There certainly are  
deployment scenarios where PKI is required, just as there are  
scenarios where it is undesirable. I think the choice of focus on PKI  
and username/password offers promise of supporting a broad range of  
deployment scenarios.

Von




On Jan 22, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Steven Newhouse wrote:

>> 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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