Shibboleth Developers

[Von Welch <>]

Hello Venkata,

 There are a number of approaches developed to do what you suggest  
(look at GridShib, SHEBANGS, and SWITCH work for starters). The  
tricky bits are the translation of Shibboleth authentication into  
Grid credentials, for which you need a trusted intermediary of some  
sort and then mechanisms to push or query for attributes.

 Your problem is currently rather vague. My suggestion would be to  
research what's being done more deeply and pick a particular problem  
that interests you.

Von



On Oct 31, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Venkata Krishna Ravula wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>                           I am Venkata Krishna Ravula. I plan to  
> work upon shibboleth for my thesis option in the graduate school.  
> My proposal is as follows:
>
> 1. A web-portal for user
> 2. Shibboleth + Globus Tool Kit. ( at the back end )
>
> I wish to be able to make the users authenticate and authorize  
> through Shibboleth and then use the Globus Toolkit for other  
> services. This way a user would be able to work upon the systems as  
> a local user and hence be able use the resoures from both the  
> Windows grid and the Mac grid in my department.
>
> My Question:
>
> 1. Is this feasible ?
>
> 2. Would it require me to develop new components ?
>
> 3. Estimated time for the project.
>
>
>
> Reason: I prefer to have your suggestions before I proceed to work  
> upon it because it definetly would not be feasible for me to sit  
> upon the Master's thesis for more than a year or 8 months.
>
> I did go through the Grid-Shib project and understood a few things  
> but for better clarity I beleive the developers would be the right  
> people to approach and hence this email.
>
> Thank You.
>
> Regards
>
> Venkata Krishna Ravula