On behalf of the Globus Toolkit development team, I am pleased to announce that
a new point release in the 5.2 series of the Globus Toolkit is now available -
5.2.2.
Highlights of this release include:
GridFTP
* Added a new recommended "hybrid" server configuration option
- It's a split/single mode which only creates backend
connections if client requests stripes
* Fixed a security bug where GridFTP acts as wrong user when user
doesn't exist
* Improved memory management and process management
* Improved reliability
GRAM5
* Improved memory management and process management
* Improved scalability and reliability
MyProxy
* Updated to MyProxy version v5.8
GSI-Enabled OpenSSH
* Updated to gsissh version v5.5
Repositories Supported:
CentOS 4,5,6
Fedora 15,16,17
RHEL 5,6
Scientific Linux 5,6
SLES 11
Debian 6,7
Ubuntu 10.04, 10,10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
Note: For those that have 5.2.0 or 5.2.1 installed from the globus repo, doing
an update will install the new 5.2.2 packages.
Relevant 5.2.2 links:
- Release notes: http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.2/5.2.2/rn/
- Software: http://www.globus.org/toolkit/downloads/5.2.2/
- Documentation: http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.2/5.2.2/
- Support: http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Globus_Toolkit#Mailing_Lists
We look forward to and encourage your feedback on GT 5.2. Thanks for your
support of Globus software.
Viva Globus!
-Stu Martin
