CAOPS-IGTF Session An Update from the TAGPMA Vinod Rebello given by Scott Rea OGF 25, Catania, Italy March 2, 2009 The Americas Grid Policy Management Authority

2 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – Current TAGPMA Membership 22 Members from North, Central and South America Covering Canada, US, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Peru Argentina and Brazil. Two Catchall CAs cover the remaining countries. –11 IGTF Accredited CAs 7 Classic –TACC - US, UFF BrGrid & UFF LACGrid - Brazil, UNLPGrid - Argentina, REUNA – Chile, ULAGrid – Venezuela, GridCanada. 2 SLCS (NCSA and NERSC - US) 2 MICS (NCSA and TACC - US) –2 CAs pending, 4 interested in accreditation 1 Classic (SENAMHI – Peru), 1 SLCS (FermiLabs, US) ANSP – Br, SDSC – US, U. of Virginia – US, Purdue U – US. –6 Relying Parties Colombia expected to join soon

3 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – Communication Infrastructure IGTF Website TAGPMA Website has been migrated from Canarie to PSChttp:// –Hosts static, public information –Will undergo extensive updating over the next few months TAGPMA twiki http(s)://tagpma.es.net/wikihttp(s)://tagpma.es.net/wiki –hosts TAGPMA documents, tutorials etc. Mailing list tagpma-general and other IGTF aliases migrated and managed by ESnet. – problems to the Chair

4 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – New SLCS Profile Current IGTF approved version of the SLCS Profile is 2.1b, 09/02/2009 Principal Policy Changes –SLCS CAs must issue a CRL –Lowered HSM operating mode to Level 2 Language update –Brought up to date and in line with alterations made to the other profile documents

5 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – Summary from Last F2F 8th TAGPMA F2F in La Plata City, Argentina, November 5-8, 2008 included Open Grid Day –For minutes see –Classic Profile (Version 4.2, 8/10/2008) was approved. –MICS Profile language update for next F2F meeting. –FNAL CP/CPS approved, awaiting HSM installation and operational review. –Updates on OpenCA, TAMP and PRQP.

6 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – GridCanada CA Originally, accredited member of the EUGridPMA. As of Jan 2009, accreditation transferred to TAGPMA. CANARIE to hand over/back management and operations of the Canadian Grid CA to Canadian National Research Council (NRC). Transition to take place over the next few months, Roger Impey will be the new POC. NRC then plan to update/upgrade software, policy etc. However, don’t expect any interruption to service.

7 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – Next TAGPMA F2F Meeting 9th TAGPMA F2F at PSC, Pittsburgh, US –April 30 th – May 2 nd, 2009 –To discuss changes to IGTF Charter, other agenda items welcome –Arrangements can be found here: Preceded by a Federated Identity Day (April 29 th ) on Federation technologies –Diego Lopez (RedeIRIS) to talk about Federated SSH –Invites to QuoVadis, CyberTrust, DigiCert & Verisign –To discuss what is available and what is needed for interoperability between different communities. –Other topics? Suggestions welcome. –

8 IGTF Mar 2009Vinod Rebello – TAGPMA Conference Calls Fortnightly Video Conference Call are now on Wednesdays. –Next one is 4th March, 11am CDT –Video arrangements: Video ESNet or GDS or phone # –The agenda is usually posted on tagpma-general the day before. Feel free to join to attend meetings Thanks