Automating security configuration for the Grid

Issue title: International Symposium of Parallel and Distributed Computing & International Workshop on Algorithms, Models and Tools for Parallel Computing on Heterogenous Networks

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Clayton, Brian C. | Quillinan, Thomas B. | Foley, Simon N.

Affiliations: Department of Computer Science, University College, Cork, Ireland. Tel.: +353 21 490 3689; Fax: +353 21 427 4390; E-mail: {b.clayton, t.quillinan, s.foley}@cs.ucc.ie.

Abstract: Administration of Grid resources is a time consuming and often tedious job. Most administrative requests are predictable, and in general, handling them requires knowledge of the local resources and the requester. In this paper we discuss a system to provide automated support for administrative requests, such as resource reservation and user account management. We propose using trust metrics to help judge the merits and suitability of each request. We outline how these metrics can be implemented using trust management techniques into a practical system we call GridAdmin.

Keywords: Grid, security, trust management, decentralised administration

Journal: Scientific Programming, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 113-125, 2005