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vic and rat encryption
by Jeremy Mann 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

We would like to demonstrate encryption in April to some fellow colleagues. I set up a test room on our venue server with encryption. Encryption works fine, but whoever enters the venue gets the encryption key. I would like to "lock" down the room to whoever I give the key to, not whoever enters the room. Can this be done? Also, I know I can manually enter a key into vic and rat. Is there a program that I can run to get DES key? Or can I simply use a passphrase instead? Thanks! -- Jeremy Mann jeremy(a)biochem.uthscsa.edu University of Texas Health Science Center Bioinformatics Core Facility http://www.bioinformatics.uthscsa.edu Phone: (210) 567-2672

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Register Today for Access Grid Retreat 2006!
by Susanne Lefvert 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

The 6th Annual Access Grid Retreat - May 15-17, 2006 Michigan Information and Technology Center 1000 Oakbrook Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/flevents/ag/agr06/ REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, 28 April 2006 Register online at: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/flevents/ag/agr06/registration/registration.html The 6th Annual Access Grid (AG) Retreat will be held May 15-17, 2006 at the Michigan Information and Technology Center (MITC) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Completed in 2005, the MITC is equipped with multimedia/videoconferencing facilities and next-generation Internet connectivity designed to showcase the advanced-technology industry. The MITC building is the new home of Internet2, the co-host of this year's Access Grid Retreat. The Access Grid Retreat is an ideal environment for the AG community to share recent experiences and research findings, to present ideas for future AG technical directions, and to train and educate AG newcomers. Two tracks of sessions allow participants to focus on either AG technical issues or activities related to AG operations. This annual meeting will not be broadcast over the Access Grid, but, as with past retreats, focus on bringing the global community together with face-to-face discussions on topics ranging from AG collaboration experiences to node installation and troubleshooting to AG development directions. Given that this year's AG Retreat will be located in Internet2 facilities, presenters are encouraged to include demonstrations that leverage the excellent network capabilities available. For more information, please contact the AG Retreat 2006 Organizing Committee at agr2006(a)accessgrid.org

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Re: [AG-TECH] Certificates in AG3
by Thomas D. Uram 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

For the 3.0 release, the VenueClient does not use certificates. Like with secure webpages (with an https url), the connection is secured by a certificate on the server, and clients are unidentified. The next release will integrate client-side certificates back in, making it possible but still not necessary to use a certificate in the VenueClient. If you're having a problem in AG3 beta2 with the VenueManagement interface, please describe it in detail in a bug report so we can try to reproduce the problem and track it. At this point, the only value in managing VenueServer authorization is to control who can run VenueManagement. Tom On 3/28/06 9:28 AM, Javier Gomez Alonso wrote: > Hi all, > > The AG3 beta 2 page in the accessgrid.org site says that certificates are no longer required by the Venue Client. However, I still want to restrict access to a test server based on client certificates. Can I still do this? If so, how? I have been playing around and I don't seem to be able to add new people or roles in the security tab of the Venue Management tool, or to see/modify actions for those. I am not using a server certificate at the moment, but I have requested it. I don't know whether that has something to do with it. Any help will be appreciated. Cheers, > > - Javi > __________________________________________________ > > Javier Gomez Alonso > Collaborative Working Developments > RSS Group (Research Support Services) > > Manchester Computing, Kilburn Building, > University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK > > Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 0584 > E-mail: javier.gomez-alonso(a)manchester.ac.uk > http://www.sve.man.ac.uk/General/Staff/gomez_alonso > __________________________________________________ > >

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Certificates in AG3
by Javier Gomez Alonso 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

Hi all, The AG3 beta 2 page in the accessgrid.org site says that certificates are no longer required by the Venue Client. However, I still want to restrict access to a test server based on client certificates. Can I still do this? If so, how? I have been playing around and I don't seem to be able to add new people or roles in the security tab of the Venue Management tool, or to see/modify actions for those. I am not using a server certificate at the moment, but I have requested it. I don't know whether that has something to do with it. Any help will be appreciated. Cheers, - Javi __________________________________________________ Javier Gomez Alonso Collaborative Working Developments RSS Group (Research Support Services) Manchester Computing, Kilburn Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 0584 E-mail: javier.gomez-alonso(a)manchester.ac.uk http://www.sve.man.ac.uk/General/Staff/gomez_alonso __________________________________________________

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RE: [AG-TECH] test in mosaic venue
by Nagykaldi, Zsolt F. (HSC) 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Sure. I will be there in a jiffy. Zsolt _ _ _ Zsolt Nagykaldi, PhD Research Associate, Clinical IT Specialist University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Department Of Family And Preventive Medicine Oklahoma Center For Family Medicine Research 900 NE 10th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405) 271-8000 Ext.:1-32212 Fax: (405) 271-1682 ________________________________ From: owner-ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov on behalf of Horwitz, Richard S Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 2:13 PM To: ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov Subject: [AG-TECH] test in mosaic venue Could someone join the mosaic venue for a test. We seem to be having some audio/video problems with some sights.

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test in mosaic venue
by Horwitz, Richard S 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Could someone join the mosaic venue for a test. We seem to be having some audio/video problems with some sights.

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Fwd: RC Internet2 Working Group List
by Jonathan Tyman 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Forwarding to list for "Sephora DeRoest" <sderoest(a)cac.washington.edu>: >Dear ResearchChannel Participants, > >Please join ResearchChannel as it partners with Internet2 at the Spring >2006 Internet2 Member Meeting to bring you six sessions, including an open >source initiative meeting for DigitalWell and iHDTV, the management and >sharing of rich multimedia media collections, incredible HD video from the >sea floor and HDTV videoconference production techniques. A >ResearchChannel Working Group meeting will also be held. The meeting is >April 24-26 in Arlington, Va. > >For more information about the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting, >contact Sephora DeRoest at sderoest(a)researchchannel.org or by phone >at 206-543-9916 or visit >www.researchchannel.org/news/events/06-i2spring.asp.

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Re: [AG-TECH] RE: New install guide
by Derek Piper 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Jason Bell wrote: > Colleagues > > As a follow up to my initial email, I have been thinking about the > following questions and would like some opinions on what people think. > > * Should the install guide include instructions on installing > AccessGrid-Compat-2.x??? > > Pro's - Allows users to connect to 2.x sessions and be > compatible with all of the shared app's for other 2.x users. > > Con's - By providing instructions to install 2.x, it won't force > other nodes to upgrade to AG 3.0. Since 3.0 isn't properly released yet, is that really a problem? Best to give new users the software that's tried and tested. We're not Microsoft after all ;) > * Would people like screen shots on the installation of Fedora > Core 5, or is straight text suffice??? See > http://agcentral.org/help/tutorial/ag2.4-install-fc4/installfc4 for an > example > > If you have any other ideas, I would be happy to hear them. > > I have already had a suggestion to include a security section. > > Cheers, > Jason. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Bell > Sent: Friday, 24 March 2006 8:53 AM > To: 'ag-tech'; 'accessgrid-l(a)lists.grangenet.net' > Subject: New install guide > > Dear Colleagues > > Over the next few weeks, I will be developing some documentation on > installing AG3 on Fedora Core 5. > > This documentation is going to be similar to the "AG2.4 Installation > Guide for RedHat Fedora Core 4" > (http://agcentral.org/help/tutorial/ag2.4-install-fc4) The reason for > sending this email is to ask if there is anything that you would like to > see in this new document, that you may have found missing in the > previous document??? > > Alternatively, if you found the document to be pretty good as it was, > than that type of information is also useful to know as well. > > Thanks for your time, > Jason. > > > -------------------------------------------- > > Jason Bell, B.I.T. > B. Info. Tech. (Honours) Student > > Network Engineer > Information Technology Division > Central Queensland University > > High Performance Computing Support Officer > Central Queensland University > > Research Assistant to the Nonlinear > Intelligent Systems Research Group > Faculty of Informatics & Communication > Central Queensland University > > E-mail : j.bell(a)cqu.edu.au > Phone : 07 4930 9229 > > -------------------------------------------- > > Patience is a virtue. > > But if I wanted Patience, > I would have become a Doctor. > > -------------------------------------------- > > -- Derek Piper - dcpiper(a)indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111 IRI 323, School of Informatics Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

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RE: New install guide
by Jason Bell 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Colleagues As a follow up to my initial email, I have been thinking about the following questions and would like some opinions on what people think. * Should the install guide include instructions on installing AccessGrid-Compat-2.x??? Pro's - Allows users to connect to 2.x sessions and be compatible with all of the shared app's for other 2.x users. Con's - By providing instructions to install 2.x, it won't force other nodes to upgrade to AG 3.0. * Would people like screen shots on the installation of Fedora Core 5, or is straight text suffice??? See http://agcentral.org/help/tutorial/ag2.4-install-fc4/installfc4 for an example If you have any other ideas, I would be happy to hear them. I have already had a suggestion to include a security section. Cheers, Jason. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Bell Sent: Friday, 24 March 2006 8:53 AM To: 'ag-tech'; 'accessgrid-l(a)lists.grangenet.net' Subject: New install guide Dear Colleagues Over the next few weeks, I will be developing some documentation on installing AG3 on Fedora Core 5. This documentation is going to be similar to the "AG2.4 Installation Guide for RedHat Fedora Core 4" (http://agcentral.org/help/tutorial/ag2.4-install-fc4) The reason for sending this email is to ask if there is anything that you would like to see in this new document, that you may have found missing in the previous document??? Alternatively, if you found the document to be pretty good as it was, than that type of information is also useful to know as well. Thanks for your time, Jason. -------------------------------------------- Jason Bell, B.I.T. B. Info. Tech. (Honours) Student Network Engineer Information Technology Division Central Queensland University High Performance Computing Support Officer Central Queensland University Research Assistant to the Nonlinear Intelligent Systems Research Group Faculty of Informatics & Communication Central Queensland University E-mail : j.bell(a)cqu.edu.au Phone : 07 4930 9229 -------------------------------------------- Patience is a virtue. But if I wanted Patience, I would have become a Doctor. --------------------------------------------

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New install guide
by Jason Bell 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Dear Colleagues Over the next few weeks, I will be developing some documentation on installing AG3 on Fedora Core 5. This documentation is going to be similar to the "AG2.4 Installation Guide for RedHat Fedora Core 4" (http://agcentral.org/help/tutorial/ag2.4-install-fc4) The reason for sending this email is to ask if there is anything that you would like to see in this new document, that you may have found missing in the previous document??? Alternatively, if you found the document to be pretty good as it was, than that type of information is also useful to know as well. Thanks for your time, Jason. -------------------------------------------- Jason Bell, B.I.T. B. Info. Tech. (Honours) Student Network Engineer Information Technology Division Central Queensland University High Performance Computing Support Officer Central Queensland University Research Assistant to the Nonlinear Intelligent Systems Research Group Faculty of Informatics & Communication Central Queensland University E-mail : j.bell(a)cqu.edu.au Phone : 07 4930 9229 -------------------------------------------- Patience is a virtue. But if I wanted Patience, I would have become a Doctor. --------------------------------------------

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