Print versionThe Working Group is tasked with providing expert support and advice to the AAF project team to ensure that the solution proposed by AAF meets the expectation of the Grid community and the wider higher education and research sector, while maintaining compatibility with international Grids such as the IGTF.
The Working Group is chaired by Viviani Paz of AusCERT with representatives from UQ/MAPS, Macquarie/MAMS, VPAC, VerSI, The Australian National University, James Cook University and The University of Auckland/BeSTGRID.
The Working Group has identified the potential for the AAF to benefit the Compute Grid, Data Grid and HPC communities in the following ways:
- Identity:
- Leveraging the IdM processes of Federation Members; and
- Providing a Level of Assurance concerning the strength of the IdM process a particular user has undergone to Grid and HPC services and applications.
- Authentication:
- Providing a Level of Assurance concerning the strength of a users' authenticating act to Grid and HPC services and applications; and
- Potentially providing a greater range of authentication methods to gain access to Grid and HPC services and applications.
- Authorization:
- Leveraging users’ attributes in the directories of Federation Members and Virtual Organizations for authorization to gain access to Grid and HPC services and applications; and
- Providing a Level of Assurance concerning the veracity of a user's attributes.
The Working Group has also identified project opportunities of potential benefit to the Grid community.
The Grid Working Group has held fortnightly meetings since 19 April, normally via teleconference with some face-to-face meetings.