Lecture 3: the Swiss Multi Science Computing Grid (SMSCG)

• slides from 12.10.2011
• slides from 12.10.2011 - Grid Security

References and further reading

Grid Security Infrastructure

Public-Key cryptography and network traffic security

• RedHat / Mozilla Developer Network, Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Introduction_to_Public-Key_Cryptography

• Th. Johansson, Lecture on public-key cryptography, http://www.eit.lth.se/fileadmin/eit/courses/edi051//lecture13-14_slides.pdf.

• DI Management Solutions, RSA Algorithm, http://www.di-mgt.com.au/rsa_alg.html. An overview of the RSA algorithm, its applications and giving example with pencil-and-paper and sample implementations.

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)

• IETF Public Key Infrastructure Charter, http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/pkix-charter.html.
  Complete index to PKI-related internet standards and draft standards.

• International Grid Trust Federation, http://www.gridpma.org/. Manages and publishes profiles for Grid CAs, and links to public CA registries.

Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)

• Globus Project, Overview of GSI, http://www.globus.org/security/overview.html

• S. Tuecke et al., Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Proxy Certificate Profile, RFC 3820