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[Tom Barton <>]

Yes, signet 1.3.0 should have the necessary capabilities to begin to 
manage a priv registry over time.

Of course, Ldappc won't be able to provision privs using the 1.3.0 API 
until its next release, which I hope won't be too long after signet 
1.3.0 is released. KathrynH is set to make the update to Ldappc after 
1.3.0 is released.

Ldappc supports the only two modes of representing privs in LDAP that 
anyone's ever discussed. But they are fixed modes. Would it be worth the 
expense to develop something flexible, configurable by deployers, to see 
us through until such time as "good practice" emerges?

Tom

Michael R. Gettes wrote:
> Um, I guess you are referring to the yet to be released version fixing
> the import/export problems?  Cuz the issue is exactly related to
> the import/export problem.
>
> /mrg
>
> On May 28, 2008, at 10:43, Mike Olive wrote:
>
> > "** Signet will have to be a back-burner thing for now given how it
> > wipes out previous copies of it's own info during upgrades"
> >
> >
> > I seem to recall that Signet 1.0.x is being used for this effort. I 
> > suspect that
> > a later version of Signet has resolved this issue of portability across
> > release version. Enhancements were made in release 1.2.x that provided 
> > better
> > release management.
> >
> > --
> > MO
> >
> >
> > < -----Original Message-----
> > < From: Heather Flanagan 
> > [mailto:]
> > < Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:24 PM
> > < To: 
> >
> > < Subject: [comanage-dev] Notes from COmanage meeting @
> > < Stanford, 2008-05-23
> > <
> > < COmanage update meeting, May 23, 2008
> > < Attendees: Bruce, Scotty, Digant, Heather
> > <
> > < Highlight:
> > < * Scotty demo's current pre-alpha COmanage web install
> > <
> > <
> > < Changes in the last month:
> > < * we now have access for all we want to do
> > < * use cases are now settled
> > < * the virtual machine is at a point where this can be brought up as
> > < an SP; confluence is done but not automated; grouper and LDAP-PC is
> > < working in dev but isn't in the main image yet, still needs automation
> > < * Heather has contacted Lois about GUI; meeting to be scheduled
> > <
> > <
> > < Other notes
> > < * after discussion at MIT, significant thought going in to how to
> > < commonly represent authorization that can feed in to LDAP; if this
> > < problem is solved, it won't really matter what the
> > < authorization tool
> > < may be within COmanage because the tools would be feeding
> > < information
> > < in a more standard fashion
> > < ** Signet will have to be a back-burner thing for now given how it
> > < wipes out previous copies of it's own info during upgrades
> > < ** including any kind of authority manager thing won't work until
> > < that space is more mature; most folks use groups at this point and
> > < don't actually understand authority
> > < * Scotty did receive the agreement from Atlassian for redistribution
> > < and sent to Ken; Ken needs to get that signed; verbal
> > < commentary from
> > < Atlassian rep is that they have no problem with us redistributing
> > < anything they have
> > < * we need to get an anonymous download ready for the VM
> > <
> > <
> > < Contact with the test case VO's
> > < * science researcher from Penn State went to CSG and spoke well of
> > < COmanage and Stanford; Scotty & Digant is going to be talking with
> > < LIGO folks against next week to talk about GUMS
> > < * no recent contact with OOI
> > <
> > <
> > < Deployment scenarios we'll want to explore
> > < * VM appliance (we're building)
> > < * Xen appliance (future)
> > < * physical Debian box (future)
> > < ** someone else can do RedHat/SuSE/other
> > < * EC2 (to be done at Penn State)
> > <
> > <
> > < Upcoming work
> > < * plan to integrate some of the Guest Account code in the
> > < install for
> > < COmanage so that people can create accounts themselves (with limited
> > < access)
> > < * plan to have the virtual appliance ready for people to test by end
> > < of June (still need to find LDAP plugin's for wordpress, mediawiki)
> > < * set up the subversion and debian repositories
> > < * start to put together a presentation for the website
> > <
> > <
> > <
> > < Heather Flanagan
> > < Director, System Administration
> > < 
> >
> > <
> > <
> > <
> > <
> > <
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