Virtualization and Grid Computing

The GridShib project has simultaneously released new versions of the GridShib CA and the GridShib SAML tools.

You can find the latest code and documentation links (including links to demos) here:

http://gridshib.globus.org/download.html

And here are the changelogs:

GridShib CA 0.4.0

GridShib SAML Tools 0.1.4

The GridShib Project is pleased to announce GridShib for GT v0.5.1, which is now available on the GridShib Downloads page:

http://gridshib.globus.org/download.html#gridshib-gt

For a detailed changelog of what is new in this release, see:

http://gridshib.globus.org/docs/gridshib-gt-0.5.1/admin-index.html#gridshib-gt-changelog

The major change in this release is support for using VOMS based authorization in conjunction with SAML attribute based authorization (authorization will be based on one or the other). If you are not interested in using VOMS, GridShib for GT will compile and run without needing to install the VOMS authorization library.

Tom Scavo writes:

The GridShib Team is pleased to announce the availability of the
GridShib SAML Tools v0.1.3.

http://gridshib.globus.org/docs/gridshib-saml-tools-0.1.3/readme.html

Changes in this release include:

- added support for –ssoResponse command-line option
- fixed logging bug http://bugzilla.globus.org/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=4982
- fixed (UNIX) file permissions on scripts in bin/
- fixed CRLF on scripts and editable text files
- implemented web-based demo script https://computer.ncsa.uiuc.edu/gst-demo/

To see the GridShib SAML Tools in action, please try out our new demo app:

https://computer.ncsa.uiuc.edu/gst-demo/

The source code used to implement this demo is bundled with the SAML
Tools. As always, you can download the SAML Tools and other software
components from the GridShib Downloads page:

http://gridshib.globus.org/download.html

On Friday, Tom Scavo wrote:

The GridShib Team is pleased to announce GridShib SAML Tools v0.1.2.

http://gridshib.globus.org/docs/gridshib-saml-tools-0.1.2/readme.html

Changes in this release include:

- fixed incompatibility bugs with JDK 1.4
- fixed incompatibility bugs with OpenSAML 1.1
- enabled logging
- enabled debug option
- updated JGlobus CoG library
- added subjectIP address to command-line interface

Many thanks to Wonjun Lee for his extremely helpful feedback and assistance.

To try out the GridShib SAML Tools, please visit the GridShib Downloads page:

http://gridshib.globus.org/download.html#saml-tools

Tom Scavo writes on gridshib-announce:

The GridShib Team is pleased to announce GridShib
SAML Tools v0.1.1.

http://gridshib.globus.org/docs/gridshib-saml-tools-0.1.1/readme.html

The most visible feature of this minor point release of the GridShib SAML Tools is its ability to use a Java KeyStore as the issuing credential. The install script now creates such a KeyStore, which reduces the startup requirements to Java and Ant, nothing more.

To try out the GridShib SAML Tools, please visit the GridShib Downloads page:

http://gridshib.globus.org/download.html#saml-tools

The GridShib SAML Tools issue or request SAML assertions and optionally bind these assertions to X.509 proxy certificates for use on the grid (or in other scenarios).

The toolbox consists of the following components:

1. SAML Assertion Issuer Tool
2. SAML Attribute Query Client
3. SAML X.509 Binding Tool
4. Globus SAML Library

For more information, read the GridShib SAML Tools 0.1.1 documentation.