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= ARGUS 1.7.2 = | |||
== Description == | |||
Argus is a system meant to render consistent authorization decisions for distributed services (e.g. compute elements, portals). In order to achieve this consistency a number of points must be addressed. First, it must be possible to author and maintain consistent authorization policies. This is handled by the Policy Administration Point (PAP) component in the service. Second, authored policies must be evaluated in a consistent manner, a task performed by the Policy Decision Point (PDP). Finally, the data provided for evaluation against policies must be consistent (in form and definition) and this is done by the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP). | |||
Find more information [http://argus-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ on the web site]. | |||
== Release notes == | |||
The Argus 1.7.2 release provides a fix for an X.509 DN parsing problem in the PAP service. | |||
Look at the [http://argus-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes/v_1_7_2.html release notes] for details | |||
= CVMFS 2.4.1 = | = CVMFS 2.4.1 = |
Revision as of 16:52, 18 September 2017
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ARGUS 1.7.2
Description
Argus is a system meant to render consistent authorization decisions for distributed services (e.g. compute elements, portals). In order to achieve this consistency a number of points must be addressed. First, it must be possible to author and maintain consistent authorization policies. This is handled by the Policy Administration Point (PAP) component in the service. Second, authored policies must be evaluated in a consistent manner, a task performed by the Policy Decision Point (PDP). Finally, the data provided for evaluation against policies must be consistent (in form and definition) and this is done by the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP).
Find more information on the web site.
Release notes
The Argus 1.7.2 release provides a fix for an X.509 DN parsing problem in the PAP service. Look at the release notes for details
CVMFS 2.4.1
Description
The CernVM File System provides a scalable, reliable and low-maintenance software distribution service. It was developed to assist High Energy Physics (HEP) collaborations to deploy software on the worldwide-distributed computing infrastructure used to run data processing applications. CernVM-FS is implemented as a POSIX read-only file system in user space (a FUSE module). Files and directories are hosted on standard web servers and mounted in the universal namespace /cvmfs. More info here.
Release notes
CernVM-FS 2.4 is a feature release that comes with performance improvements, new functionality, and bugfixes. Please find detailed release notes in the technical documentation.
DMLite 0.8.8
Description
DMLite is a plugin-based C++ framework that gives functionality for namespace management, pool management and i/o access. More information on the website.
Release notes
http://lcgdm.web.cern.ch/dmlite-088-being-released-epel
gfal2 2.14.2
Description
GFAL (Grid File Access Library ) is a C library providing an abstraction layer of the grid storage system complexity. The version 2 of GFAL tries to simplify at the maximum the file operations in a distributed environment. The complexity of the grid is hidden from the client side behind a simple common POSIX API.
Release Notes
Detailed release notes at http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-2.14.2
gfal2-python 1.9.3
Detailed release notes at http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-python-1.9.3
gfal2-utils 1.5.1
Description
GFAL 2 utils are a group of command line tools for file manipulations with any protocol managed by gfal 2.0
Release Notes
Detailed release notes at http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-util-1.5.1
UI 4.0.3
This new version for CentOS7 is simply a rename of the package (emi-ui -> ui).
Information for installation and configuration: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/EL7UIMiddleware