Extending PKI Interoperability in Computational Grids

Author

Pala, Massimiliano ; Cholia, Shreyas ; Rea, Scott A. ; Smith, Sean W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Dartmouth Coll., Dartmouth, PA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

645

Lastpage

650

Abstract

One of the most successful working examples of virtual organizations, computational grids need authentication mechanisms that inter-operate across domain boundaries. Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs) provide sufficient flexibility to allow resource managers to securely grant access to their systems in such distributed environments. However, as PKIs grow and services are added to enhance both security and usability, users and applications must struggle to discover available resources-particularly when the Certification Authority (CA) is alien to the relying party. This paper1 presents how to overcome these limitations of the current grid authentication model by integrating the PKI Resource Query Protocol (PRQP) into the Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI).

Keywords

certification; grid computing; message authentication; open systems; protocols; public key cryptography; resource allocation; PKI interoperability; PKI resource query protocol; certification authority; computational grid authentication model; distributed environment; grid security infrastructure; public key infrastructure; resource management; virtual organization; Authentication; Computer science; Educational institutions; Grid computing; Laboratories; Portals; Protocols; Resource management; Scientific computing; Security; Authentication; Discovery; GSI; PKI; PRQP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2008. CCGRID '08. 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lyon

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3156-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3156-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCGRID.2008.70

Filename

4534277