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Perspectives of Integrating AAI with Grid in EGEE-2

Christoph Witzig

Amsterdam, October 17, 2005

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Outline

• Introduction– Overview of SWITCH

– SWITCH activities in AAI and Grid

• SWITCHaai: The Swiss Shibboleth-based AAI – How it works

– Shibboleth concepts

• EGEE security framework– Introduction EGEE

– How it works

– Grid security concepts

• SWITCH proposal for interoperability Shibboleth - gLite

• Related efforts

• Summary

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Introduction

• SWITCH has four strategic business areas– Network: operating the Swiss Research and Eduction network

– Domain name registration for .ch and .li

– Security Operates (among other things) SWITCHpki

– NetServices providing services on top of the network for academic users

• NetServices– Video conferences, streaming technologies, support for (physical)

mobility

– SWITCHaai: Shibboleth-based AAI for the Swiss academic sector

– Grid: targeted Grid services as new strategic direction There is no Swiss grid program Various grid efforts at some universities

Introduction

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SWITCHaai = federated, national, Shibboleth-based authentication and authorization infrastructure (AAI).

SWITCHaai

Main efforts:

• > 110’000 users ( 50%) of the Swiss higher education sector are currently “AAI-enabled”.

• Federally funded cooperation projects will complete the national roll-out and increase the number of new resources.

• Define cooperation with other federations.

• Develop accounting (AAAI) services.

Introduction

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Grid support = new strategic direction: national AAI-enabled grid infrastructure in Switzerland.

SWITCH Activities in Grid Computing

Two main strategic efforts:

• Within the context of EGEE-2 we want to add interoperability between Shibboleth and the gLite middleware stack.

• Within the national context we want to work together with our partners (universities, computing centers) to build up such a national grid infrastructure based on the AAI-enabled gLite middleware.

Introduction

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Disclaimer

• Decision of EU regarding EGEE-2 proposal is pending

• Assuming a positive answer from the EU EGEE-2 will start in April 2006 and last for two years

Introduction

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University A

Library B

University C

The World without AAI

Student Admin

Web Mail

e-Learning

Literature DB

e-Learning

Research DB

AuthorizationUser Administration

AuthenticationResource Credentials

Tedious user registration at all resources

Unreliable and outdated user data at resources

Different login processes

Many different passwords

Many resources not protected due to difficulties

Often IP-based authorization

Costly implementation of inter-institutional access

e-Journals

SWITCHaai

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University A

Library B

University C

AAI

The World with AAI

Student Admin

Web Mail

e-Learning

Literature DB

e-Learning

Research DB

AuthorizationUser Administration

AuthenticationResource Credentials

No user registration and user data maintenance at resource needed

Single login process for the users

Many new resources available for the users

Enlarged user communities for resources

Authorization independent of location

Efficient implementation of inter-institutional access

e-Journals

SWITCHaai

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How it works

SWITCHaai

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Shibboleth Concepts

SWITCHaai

• Based on SAML• Initial focus on Web-based resources

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EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

• EU sponsored grid project within FP6– Funding 2004 - 2006: 32 Mio €– Proposal for second phase submitted (2006 - 2008)

• Emphasis is on – not software development– operating a production grid and supporting the end-users– Hardening, re-engineering and extending existing middleware

functionality

• Large collaboration– > 180 sites– 20 VO’s – > 800 registered users

EGEE

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EGEE Security Framework

EGEE

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EGEE Security Concepts

EGEE

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Interoperability Shibboleth - gLite

• Part of EGEE-2 proposal (by SWITCH in EGEE NREN Federation)

• Focus is on – Interoperability (NO replacement for X.509)

– Specific for EGEE infrastructure (VOMS etc)

– Integrate, re-use, re-engineer existing code, write new code only as needed

• Key Concepts: – Home institution of the user should be the Identity Provider

– Home institution provides some attributes

– But VO is needed for (grid specific) attributes

• Proposal of doing work in three phases:– Two initial, shorter phases with the intention of hooking SWITCHaai up to the

grid with a minimal amount of effort to have a working system

– A third phase with adding support for SAML at the resource (service provider)

Interop. Shib gLite

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Phase 1 and 2Note:

• no changes at the Resource

• Work is more than just software (policies)

Interop. Shib gLite

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Access for Grid Users to Shib SP

• Intention: add “symmetry” between enabling access for Shib and grid users

• Test-bed between SWITCH and INFN in 2006

Interop. Shib gLite

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SAML Support at the Resource

• Third (and main) phase of project• Goal: Support for SAML for authentication and authorization without

relying on X.509 (on a configurable basis)• Should be based on SAML2

– Supports ECP Profile (constrained delegation)– Will be used in Shibboleth 2

Interop. Shib gLite

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Related Efforts

• GridShib:– Emphasis is on providing attributes based authorization– Based on GT4 and Shib 1.3– Beta version available since Sept 05

• OGSA authZ working group:– Defines specifications for basic interoperability and pluggability of

authorization modules in OGSA framework

• Condor Shibboleth Merger Project– Phase I: Shib enabled Condor web portal– Phase II: Shib enabled Condor fat client

• Shibboleth - grid activities in UK– ESP-Grid– Further work is planned (JISC) to look at CA/Shib issues

• Issue of attribute management between IdP and VO (e.g. Signet)Related Efforts

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Summary

• There is interest and activity for interoperability AAI / Shibboleth - grid– But X.509 is still the standard security mechanism for grids (and likely to remain

so for quite some time)

– Issue is not only authentication but also attribute sharing between IdP, VO, SP

– Opportunity and need for NREN and Grid communities to interoperate

• GridShib: – beta version available

– GT4 and Shib 1.3

• SWITCH participates in EGEE-2 to add interoperability Shibboleth - gLite– Pending approval by EU (expected in November)

– We are interested in learn about other activities, share experiences and coordinate efforts

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