Title
Authorization and Account Management in the Open Science Grid
Abstract
An attribute-based authorization infrastructure developed for the Open Science Grid is presented. The infrastructure integrates existing identity-mapping and group-membership service using concepts prototyped in the PRIMA system. Authorization scenarios for requests to compute and data resources are detailed. A new SAML obligated authorization decision statement is introduced that attaches an XACML obligation to the authorization decision. The use of obligations enables site-centralized, service-independent policy management. Authorization decisions are enforced via a Workspace Service that creates constrained execution environments configured in accordance with the obligations and other attribute-based information. Finally, an experimental PRIMA authorization service that extends and simplifies the infrastructure is described.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/GRID.2005.1542719
GRID
Keywords
Field
DocType
authorisation,grid computing,natural sciences computing,open systems,Open Science Grid,PRIMA authorization service,SAML obligated authorization decision statement,Workspace Service,XACML obligation,account management,attribute-based authorization infrastructure,data resources,group membership,identity mapping,service-independent policy management,site-centralized policy management
Obligation,Grid computing,Workspace,Computer security,Computer science,XACML,Open science,Open system (systems theory),Database,Grid,Authorization certificate
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7803-9492-5
9
0.87
References 
Authors
5
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Lorch1725.54
D. Kafura2796.62
I. Fisk3749.64
K. Keahey419452.01
G. Carcassi590.87
T. Freeman678674.19
T. Peremutov790.87
A. S. Rana890.87