Updates of the APGrid PMA

OGF25 @ CataniaOGF25 @ Catania

March 3, 2009March 3, 2009

Yoshio TanakaYoshio TanakaAPGridPMA Chair, AIST, JapanAPGridPMA Chair, AIST, Japan

Some updates since Lisbon meeting

IGCA was approved as an IGTF Classic AP IGCA was approved as an IGTF Classic AP compliant CA. (Nov. 05, 2008).compliant CA. (Nov. 05, 2008).

Included in IGTF CA Distribution 1.26 (Dec. 14).NGO/Netrust CA was temporary dropped off from NGO/Netrust CA was temporary dropped off from the IGTF CA distribution. (1.26)the IGTF CA distribution. (1.26)

They need more time to re-configure the CA system to extend the lifetime of CRL to three days.

Started the review of HKU Grid CA (Jan. 2009)Started the review of HKU Grid CA (Jan. 2009)CNIC and IGCA are primary reviewers.

Had a VTC (Jan. 17)Had a VTC (Jan. 17)All members attended.Agenda

Updates from member CasDiscussions on how to implement sustainable review & external auditingVenue of the next F2F meeting

ASGC issued a new root CA certificate.ASGC issued a new root CA certificate.Changed signature algorithm from MD5 to SHA1

Members (15 + 3)13 Accredited CAs13 Accredited CAs

AIST (JP)APAC (AU)ASGCC (TW)CNIC (CN)IGCA (IN)IHEP (CN)KEK (JP)KISTI (KR)NAREGI (JP)NCHC (TW)NECTEC (TH)NGO/Netrust (SG)PRAGMA-UCSD (US)

1 CAs under review1 CAs under reviewU. Hong Kong (HK)

PlanningPlanningThaiGrid (TH)

General membershipGeneral membershipOsaka U. (JP)U. Hyderabad (IN)USM (MY)

ASGCCA ReportJinny Chien

March 1 2009

Event

Time : 9:00 Feb-25-2009 UTC Event distribution : because of

unexpected accident on the part of data center at ASGC, all on-line services were shut down including ASGCCA web server.

Effect : ASGCCA certificate activities were down. CRL did not publish in time.

Process

9:00 Feb 25 UTC : Sent an EGEE broadcast to all ROC managers, VO managers, WLCG users, APGridPMA members, ASGCCA users

2:00 Feb 26 UTC : Sent an announcement to IGTF-RAT and IGTF-general lists. Try to recovery ASGCCA web page

12:00 Feb 26 UTC: Moved ASGCCA web to the safe place and connected to the Internet.

16:00 Feb 26 UTC : ASGCCA web site was up. Sent the announcement to IGTF-RAT, IGTF-general and ASGCCA user lists

Summary

Feb-25-2009 UTC ASGCCA web was down and sent an announcement to APGridPMA, ASGCCA users, IGTF-RAT, IGTF-general

Feb 26 UTC : Recovered and ASGCCA web site was up. Sent the final announcement and checked all CA activities well.

Total process is two days

Next F2F meeting

Taipei, Taiwan, in conjunction with Taipei, Taiwan, in conjunction with ISGC 2009.ISGC 2009.

Date: April 20th (Monday)Venue: Academia Sinica, TaiwanGrid Security Workshop (training) on Sunday, April 19th.Security and Networking Sessions in the main symposiumMore information:

http://www.twgrid.org/isgc/