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== A final Requirements Document ==
RequirementsDoc
 * These are the final requirements for Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting on a generic grid as proposed by the ESP-GRID project. They are based heavily upon [wiki:Self:RequirementsBibliography#MullenGAAAR Shawn Mullen et al's] (2004) document on "Grid Authentication, Authorization and Accounting Requirements".
 * Other "requirements" documents (including that of Mullen et al.) make an assumption that PKI is being used throughout (client to site/machine, and machine to machine). We wished to take a step back and write down the requirements (for access management and security) without the assumption that 'client to machine' PKI is already employed.

For more detail and justifications of changes made to the original [wiki:Self:RequirementsBibliography#MullenGAAAR Mullen et al.] document, please see RequirementsDocFull. This contains many annotations explaining the difference between the documents.
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Currently we are seeking assistance to build a list of use-cases that will lead us towards a set of functional requirements for access management and security for a generic grid. (The 'generic grid' is a production grid, with production applications and a set of users with a wide variety of skills and interests.) We are trying to avoid any limitations with current technologies and to think clearly about requirements before considering technology. This is an early workpackage for the ESP-GRID project. To inform the above work, the project reviewed publications and other work concerning grid UseCases. The 'generic grid', to which this work alludes, is a production grid, with production applications and a set of users with a wide variety of skills and interests. This work attempts to avoid any limitations with current technologies and to think clearly about requirements before considering technology.
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=== Top-level requirements described under: === === Bibliography ===
RequirementsBibliography
 * sources and references to articles and papers used in this Requirements gathering exercise

=== Focus Group ===
FocusGroup
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 * Grid AAA (A) requirements (authentication authorisation and accounting, and auditing)
 * Grid protection of data requirements (privacy, confidentiality, integrity, digital rights management)
 * Grid operational characteristics (trust, performance and scalability, manageability incl. architectural components, interoperability, assurance)
 * Additional requirements which need a better home (single log-on, policy exchange)
 * Notes and reports from the focus group meeting (as yet unprocessed). This meeting was held at the start of this activity, on xxxx.
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=== Use Cases ===
UseCases
 * use cases for a generic grid
 * this work contains some of the ESP-GRID project output, plus many references to other good work.

See also [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~markn/GridUseCases/ Grid Use Cases] for the documents produced for and after the Focus Group Meeting.

=== Definitions for documents ===
DefinitionsPage
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 * Nice definitions of grid, grid computing etc. that others have used. It is low on content!
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== Grid AAA requirements (authentication authorisation and accounting, and auditing) described under: ==


=== Authentication AuthN ===
Include Note

identity, anonymity, pseudonimity (secure anonymous communication), credential lifespan and renewal (short-term credentials), assurance levels (SEE ALSO Operational Characteristics), revocation, policies, documentation, usability, trust (SEE ALSO Operational Characteristics) and responsibility, secure roaming

Insert definition here and requirements follow...
=== Authorisation AuthZ ===
Include Note

identity, grouping users/roles, authorisation levels, revocation, attributes, policies, 'transparency', privacy, logging, credentials, fault tolerance, delegation, XXXXmore...

Insert definition here and requirements follow...
=== Accounting ===
Include Note

accurate billing and metering, (operational costs, service levels), monitoring or logging, resource and end entity - secure logging, scheduling and resource management. SEE ALSO Grid Auditing

Insert definition here and requirements follow...
=== Auditing ===
Include Note

'Accounting as a security component', monitoring or secure logging (resource access decisions, policies, policy changes, resource implication of policies), audit logs, intrusion detection, forensics, diagnostics, audit trail (AuthN and AuthZ). SEE ALSO GridAccounting

Insert definition here and requirements follow...
== Grid protection of data requirements described under: ==
Include Note

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=== Privacy ===
Include Note

use of data, (supported by confidentiality mechanisms including AuthZ), significant for health data etc.

Definition and requirements follow...
=== Confidentiality ===
Include Note

supported by access control within systems and encryption between and within systems, signalling policies, supports privacy, protects sensitive data

Definition and requirements follow...
=== Integrity ===
Include Note

provenance (i.e. maintaining integrity of chains/groups of related data), message integrity

Definition and requirements follow...
=== Digital rights management (DRM) ===
Include Note

XXXX

Definition and requirements follow...


== Grid operational characteristics described under:==
Include Note

.

=== Trust ===

Include Note

between collaborative organisations, policy framework, infrastructure

Definition and requirements follow...

=== Performance and scalability ===

Include Note

delegation(policies and trust frameworks, virtual grids)

Definition and requirements follow...

== Manageability incl. architectural components ==
Include Note

policies, identity management, intrusion detection, anti-virus (i.e. architectural components - others include platform security, system level security design, firewall traversal).

Definition and requirements follow...

=== Interoperability ===
Include Note

between grid environments, policies

Definition and requirements follow...

=== Assurance ===
Include Note

(is this the same as we understand?), security assurance level

Definition and requirements follow...

 described under:

== Other Requirements ==
Additional requirements which need a better home include:

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=== Single log-on ===
Include Note

delegate an entity's rights subject to policy Defintion and requirements follow...
=== Policy exchange ===
Include Note

establish a negotiated security context

Defintion and requirements follow...

A final Requirements Document

RequirementsDoc

  • These are the final requirements for Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting on a generic grid as proposed by the ESP-GRID project. They are based heavily upon [wiki:RequirementsBibliography Shawn Mullen et al's] (2004) document on "Grid Authentication, Authorization and Accounting Requirements".

  • Other "requirements" documents (including that of Mullen et al.) make an assumption that PKI is being used throughout (client to site/machine, and machine to machine). We wished to take a step back and write down the requirements (for access management and security) without the assumption that 'client to machine' PKI is already employed.

For more detail and justifications of changes made to the original [wiki:RequirementsBibliography Mullen et al.] document, please see RequirementsDocFull. This contains many annotations explaining the difference between the documents.

Requirements gathering for secure access and use of a generic grid

To inform the above work, the project reviewed publications and other work concerning grid UseCases. The 'generic grid', to which this work alludes, is a production grid, with production applications and a set of users with a wide variety of skills and interests. This work attempts to avoid any limitations with current technologies and to think clearly about requirements before considering technology.

Bibliography

RequirementsBibliography

  • sources and references to articles and papers used in this Requirements gathering exercise

Focus Group

FocusGroup

 * Notes and reports from the focus group meeting (as yet unprocessed).  This meeting was held at the start of this activity, on xxxx.

Use Cases

UseCases

  • use cases for a generic grid
  • this work contains some of the ESP-GRID project output, plus many references to other good work.

See also [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~markn/GridUseCases/ Grid Use Cases] for the documents produced for and after the Focus Group Meeting.

Definitions for documents

DefinitionsPage

 * Nice definitions of grid, grid computing etc. that others have used.  It is low on content!