COmanage Developers List

[Jim Leous <>]

Looks like HubZero has a take on this.  They run X through a VNC Java 
Applet.  You're automatically "logged on" to a VM with a private network 
interface via an X terminal session .  If I then ssh to another host, I 
am logged on via userid/password, but I could store RSA keys on my 
"home" directory in HUB zero and gain access to other machines via ssh 
ONLY having authenticated to the HubZero Web site.  I think this is akin 
to what Michael was suggesting.  HubZero needs some work, but we had a 
pretty good CIC Research Computing Group call 2 weeks ago where we 
discussed HubZero (Michael McLennan from Purdue) and COmanage (me).  I 
have one of our guys trying to domesticate HubZero.

One of the points that I made to Michael McLennen was that he needs to 
build community for this product, and prompt answers to help requests 
would be one way to do that. (I was actually much kinder than that, but 
he probably hates me anyway).  Mike Burns who has been working on this 
for ITS Emerging Technologies said that questions rarely get answered on 
the HubZero forums and when they do, it's usually by someone who is not 
part of the HubZero development team, rather someone else like Mike 
Burns who is plugging away.  I suggested to Michael McLennen that he 
should put one of the developers on a "hot seat" and try to guarantee a 
half day turnaround on responses.  That doesn't appear to be happening 
yet.  This could also be a lesson for us when we get there.

Jim
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Jim Leous
Emerging Technologies Group
Information Technology Services