A Certificate Authority is actually a service that you run, or that is
run by another party or organization, to grant certificates that are
used to identify persons and/or machines and services that are part of
a grid. You can set up one of your own to use on an experimental
basis using SimpleCA as shipped with the Globus Toolkit, or if you are
associated with a project that runs a CA, or that has arrangements
with a national, local or regional CA to issue credentials on its
behalf, you can pursue the steps needed to get you the certificates
that you need.
For more information on certificates, see the links below. Hope this
helps.
GT 4.2.1: SimpleCA
http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.2/4.2.1/security/simpleca/
International Grid Trust Federation (Note! Now includes India!)
http://igtf.net
On Jan 30, 2009, at 4:07 AM, harshit lamba wrote:
We have installed Globus Toolkit and also applied for certificate of
authority for using the toolkit. It has been a week and we have
received no response from concerned authority. We would really be
thankful if you can guide us on what step we should take next.
Alan Sill, Ph.D
Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center
Adjunct Professor of Physics
TTU
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