[Gt-eos] myproxy w/o globus

[Mischa Salle]

Hi Jim and Venkat,



On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 04:37:32PM +0000, Jim Basney wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Venkat and I have been exploring what it would take to make a MyProxy
> release without Globus dependencies. Our current work in progress is
> at https://github.com/ncsa/myproxy. We welcome your input and help!
that's good news!
Is there specific things you need help with or input for?

Personally, I think it's always good to remove dependencies on external
libraries, especially if the maintainence of those is not fully clear.
The disadvantage is code duplication (and corresponding risks).
I would say whether de-globus-ification is a worthwhile effort or not
depends on whether we can get the gridcf release off the ground...

> Some notes about current status:
> * only the myproxy-server and myproxy-logon/myproxy-get-delegaton build targets work.
> * Only CA function is working. No proxy repository function yet.
> * Server hard-coded to use /etc/grid-security/myproxy/host*.pem
> * myproxy-logon writes to /tmp/x509up_u$UID (ignoring X509_USER_PROXY)
> * myproxy-logon does STRICT_RFC2818 server certificate name checking
> * other disabled functionality: accepted_credentials_mapfile, certificate_mapfile, OCSP, VOMS
> * probably other things are broken...
> 
> I think the next big task would be to re-implement the proxy
> repository functionality using OpenSSL proxy cert APIs rather than
> Globus APIs.

I would say that looking at current grid deployment, the proxy
repository functionality with corresponding myproxy-init (and perhaps
store) would probably be even more important than the CA functionality.
It's probably also a lot more tricky. Are you planning to take over code
from GT or VOMS or cANL for doing this?

Just for reference: For RCauth itself (i.e. the CA) we use the
certificate_issuer_program. For our MasterPortals, we use the
myproxy-server in proxy repository mode, including the VOMS
functionality.

    Best wishes,
    Mischa

> Interested in what you all think. Is this a worthwhile effort to continue?
> 
> Regards,
> Jim (and Venkat)
> 
> 
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