Re: [Condor-users] Authentication Model - Condor + WebServices

[Andrea Borsic <Andrea.Borsic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your email. I had a look at this slide in the past, but I am 
not entirely clear about it.

Does the scheme mean that what is authenticated is the client ? In the 
sense that once the client is authenticated and therefore trusted by the 
server, than the "Owner" field declared by the client is trusted ? Or 
does this scheme result in the actual authentication of the user ?

Thanks,

Andrea



Matthew Farrellee wrote:
> Andrea Borsic wrote:
>   
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am new to the use of Condor, and I would like to post a question 
> > regarding the authentication model of Condor + WebServices:
> >
> > I am interested in submitting jobs to a Linux+Condor cluster via Web 
> > Services and I have realized that most Condor Web Services calls have a 
> > field called "Owner", where the client side can declare the user ID to 
> > be used for running the job. This arrangement is not satisfactory for 
> > us, as we would like to have a true authentication of the users.
> >
> > Is trusting the "Owner" field in the Web Services calls the only 
> > authentication model of Condor for Web Services ? What are the common 
> > practices regarding this aspect - is there any secure way of 
> > authenticating the users ? Apparently the User Manual does not cover in 
> > more detail these aspects, is there any documentation that might be 
> > helpful ?
> >
> > Thanks for your attention,
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Andrea Borsic
> >     
>
> Take a look at the API Tutorial on slide 33,
>
> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/CondorWeek2006/presentations/farrellee_tannenba_APIs.ppt
>
> Best,
>
>
> matt
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