Re: I wandered lonely as a cloud...

Dean Flanders — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:28:37 GMT

Consolidation and commercializtion of commodity resources is a trend that will only continue. If someone can do it cheaper and better, it is hard to make the case to keep it locally. In terms of privacy, I think those issues can be worked out. We need to move the value closer to the research, we all benefit from that. Cheers, Dean

Re: Damage control

Alexandre Bonvin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:07:44 GMT

"But of course the reason for the original post is not the bug itself, but the apparent paranoia of the resource owners. Well, they have very good reasons to be paranoid. Even bank cards have limited validity period and need to be renewed. National passports have limited validity periods. Your car's technical inspection certificate needs to be renewed. And no bank or government or a vehicle registration authority sends you e-mail reminders. This is something you as the document owner must check yourself."

...hmmm...

My bank send me automatically a new card when the old one expires... They don't first close my account. And my passport is valid for 5 years... I even get one month in advance a notice that it will expire... This does not mean there are no problems: for example internet banking is down from time to time...

So not sure I can fully agree with this comment. Of course I am paying for all those services and so far grid usage is pretty much free. They are talks of changing that in the future, which might make the user a paying customer... and the saying is: the customer is king!

There will always be a bug somewhere (I tend to call it "undocumented feature"). This one was nasty, but proper action followed quickly and the damage was limited. Of course physics people have been born with grid and it feels natural. We are trying to attract a new community to it and it takes quite some effort to convince people.

Cheers

Alexandre

PS: And chocolate is of course always good!

Re: Damage control

Dan Yocum — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:33:38 GMT

Yes, VOMRS is nice for sending notifications that members need to re-sign the AUP. Tanya does good work. And she brings us chocolate (bonus!).

You mentioned there are 2 other products that fulfill the VOMS-Admin role - what are they?

Thanks,

Dan

yocum@fnal.gov

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