Shibboleth-based access to and usage of grid resources

Sinnott, R.O., Jiang, J., Watt, J. and Ajayi, O. (2006) Shibboleth-based access to and usage of grid resources. In: 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing, Barcelona, Spain, 28-29 Sep 2006, pp. 136-143. ISBN 9781424403431 (doi: 10.1109/ICGRID.2006.311008)

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Abstract

Security underpins grids and e-research. Without a robust, reliable and simple grid security infrastructure combined with commonly accepted security practices, large portions of the research community and wider industry will not engage. The predominant way in which security is currently addressed in the grid community is through public key infrastructures (PKI) based upon X.509 certificates to support authentication. Whilst PKIs address user identity issues, authentication does not provide fine grained control over what users are allowed to do on remote resources (authorization). In this paper we outline how we have successfully combined Shibboleth and advanced authorization technologies to provide simplified (from the user perspective) but fine grained security for access to and usage of grid resources. We demonstrate this approach through different security focused e-science projects being conducted at the National e-Science Centre (NeSC) at the University of Glasgow. We believe that this model is widely applicable and encourage the further uptake of e-science by non-IT specialists in the research communities

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Watt, Dr John and Ajayi, Mr Oluwafemi and Jiang, Mr Jipu and Sinnott, Professor Richard
Authors: Sinnott, R.O., Jiang, J., Watt, J., and Ajayi, O.
Subjects:Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
College/School:University Services > IT Services > E-Science
Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN:9781424403431
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2006 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
First Published:First published in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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