RE: [ggf-ogsa-sec-wg] What are this working group's plans ?

[dane@fnal.gov]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Marty Humphrey wrote:

> Hi Dane,
>
> Having just got back from the WSRF workshop in Cupertino, I would point out
> that I believe there are a (small?) number of us in the OGSA SEC WG who are
> trying to figure out the implications of WSRF on OGSA Security WG.

I would think that discussion would be excellent fodder for this
mailing list. I for one would love to see it.

> Yes, arguably, a lot of it is orthogonal but some of it is not. Now, not to open
> up another issue, but to what extent and when does WSRF enter into the
> "scope" of the OGSA SEC WG (assuming that OGSA SEC WG does not shut itself
> down because of inactivity). We can have the requisite OASIS conversations
> if we want...

I would see WSRF as a refinement on (some of) the specification of
OGSA Security Services. I understand that one can to a relatively high
degree of accuracy consider WSRF as a proposed next revision of the
OGSI specification, so work done on an OGSA system using OGSI services
is expected to require minimal changes to use WSRF services. Since
the WSRF specification is not done, there are all the usual caveats
of course. I don't see this as reason to slow down our efforts to
identify and define necessary OGSA security services.

Dane