From: David Groep <info(a)eugridpma.org>
Date: Wed, 8 October 2007 12:00:00 +0200
Subject: New IGTF distribution version 1.17 available
Dear CAs, Relying Parties, Users, and all others interested,
In this announcement of the EUGridPMA:
1. New IGTF distribution version 1.17 available
2. JKS keystore format will change in release 1.18
We hope that you find this update useful and welcome any comments you
may have. Also, feel free to redistribute this information widely as
you see appropriate.
For more information about this newsletter and the mailing list,
please refer to the EUGridPMA web site at https://www.eugridpma.org/
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1. New IGTF distribution version 1.17 available
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A new distribution of Accredited Authorities by the EUGridPMA, based
on the IGTF Common Source, is now available. It includes the newly
accredited Authorities by all IGTF Members. This is version 1.17,
release 1, and it is now available for download from the Repository at
https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/
Changes from 1.16 to 1.17
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(8 October 2007)
* Added new RomanianGRID CA classic authority (RO)
* Corrected several small typographic inconsistencies (DutchDemo,
apt/README.txt)
* Updates list of SWITCH eligible organisations (CH)
* New contact email addresses for the AustrianGrid CA (AT),
CNRS (FR) and IUCC (IL)
* BEGrid CA provides an http URL for CRL download (BE)
* Expired INFN (49f18420) CA withdrawn (IT)
* Updated ASGCCCA-2007 certificate extensions (TW)
You can download the new packages and install them at your convenience.
If you part of a coordinated-deployment project (such as OSG, EGEE, LCG,
DEISA, NAREGI or others) you may want to await your project announcement
before installing this release.
The download repository is also mirrored by the APGridPMA at
https://www.apgridpma.org/distribution/igtf/current
Next Release
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The next release of the CA RPMs is to be expected in November 2007.
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Please remember new location of distribution "dist.eugridpma.info"
The trust anchor distribution is served by a separate, stand-alone
system that serves only this static content:
https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/
with deep-redirection provided from the old download location.
The trust anchors in the distribution directory continue are
digitally signed with the EUGridPMA PGP key "3" (see details at the
end of this newsletter).
*** PLEASE UPDATE YOUR DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS ***
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2. JKS keystore format will change in release 1.18
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The Java KeyStores distributed by the EUGridPMA has so far been
compatible with Java release 1.4 and earlier. Unfortunately, this
impled that keys with a size larger than 2048 bits could not
be included.
As of release 1.18 (due November 2007), the format of the keystore
will change so as to be able to include the larget CA keys that are
now becoming prevalent in the Distribution. This means that the
JKS format will NO LONGER BE COMPATIBLE with Java releases 1.4 and
lower, nor with Java 5. A Java 6 installation will be required
to use the new keystore format.
The new keystore format will be introduced in the next release, and
then contain all CA keys in the IGTF Distribution.
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STANDARD CLAUSES AND REPEATED NOTICES: Distribution information
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Notice on directory structure
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*** ONLY CAs IN THE "accredited/" DIRECTORY and THE CAs INSTALLED
USING THE ca_policy_igtf-classic-1.17-1.noarch.rpm ARE ACCREDITED
Do *not* install certificates from the "worthless/" or "experimental/",
directories, except if you yourself review and accept their policy and
practice statement. The EUGridPMA provides these certificates in
this format for your convenience only, and to allow graceful changeover
for legacy installations.
*** All individual CAs packages, as well as the bundles, have the same
(common) version number "1.17" and release "1".
Distribution formats
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* the distribution traditionally contained a set of RPMs and tar-balls
per accredited authorities, as well as meta-RPMs that depends on the RPMs
of those accredited.
* the "tar-bundle" that can be used to install the authorities in a
local trust directory using the "./configure && make install"
mechanism has been renamed to avoid confusion. It is called:
igtf-policy-installation-bundle-1.17.tar.gz
It has the same functionality and can still be found in the
"accredited/" subdirectory.
* the accredited directory now contains two additional tar-balls that
contain, respectively, *all* "classic" and "slcs" accredited CAs:
igtf-preinstalled-bundle-classic-1.17.tar.gz
igtf-preinstalled-bundle-slcs-1.17.tar.gz
(note there are no SLCS-accredited authorities at this time)
* those CAs whose key-length is less than or equal to 2048 bits are also
available in a Java KeyStore (JKS), whose password is "" (empty string).
These is both a JKS for each individual CA, as well as a
"igtf-policy-accredited-classic-1.17.jks" in the "accredited/jks/"
sub-directory (also for -slcs).
Note: in release 1.18 this will change to a JKS compatible with
Java version 1.6, and will from then on include also keys with a
larger size (i.e. 4096 and better)
APT and Yum
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As always, the repository is suitable for "yum" based automatic updates,
by adding to the yum.conf file:
[eugridpma]
name=EUGridPMA
baseurl=http://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/
gpgcheck=1
Also "apt" is supported. For details, see
http://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/apt/README.txt
Large deployment projects are kindly requested to mirror these directories
in their own distribution repositories.
RPM GPG signing
---------------
Also this new RPM distribution is distributed with GPG-signed RPMs. The
key (ID 3CDBBC71) has been uploaded to the public key servers, along with
my signature as the EUGridPMA Chair (keyID 6F298418). The key is also
contained in the repository. You will need this key if you enable GPG
checking for automatic updates in "yum" or "apt".
Please remember to validate this distribution against the TACAR
trusted repository (https://www.tacar.org/) where possible.
Suggestions
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If you have suggestions or improvements for the distribution format,
to have it better suit your needs, please contact the PMA at
<info(a)eugridpma.org>. Note that there is be a common distribution format
across the entire IGTF (i.e. all three PMAs).
--
David Groep
** National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics, PDP/Grid group **
** Room: H1.56 Phone: +31 20 5922179, PObox 41882, NL-1009DB Amsterdam NL **
