eugridpma-announce September 2011

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Updated IGTF distribution version 1.42 addresses UK eScience CA 2B issue
by David Groep 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Dear CAs, Relying Parties, Users, and all others interested, In this announcement of the IGTF: 1. Updated IGTF distribution version 1.42 available ========================================================================= 1. Updated IGTF distribution version 1.42 available ========================================================================= 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 and retires expiring CA certificates. This is version 1.42, release 1, and it is now available for download from the Repository (and mirrors) at https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/ *** note that the default format is now OpenSSL v1 compatible *** Changes from 1.41 to 1.42 ------------------------- (30 September 2011) * Corrected signing_policy file for UKeScience CA 2B (UK) Debian APT support ------------------ The IGTF distributed the trust anchors in various formats. This release adds an 'apt' compliant repository for Debian-based distribution as an experimental service. For details, see https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/dists/README.txt Use in coordinated-deployment infrastructures --------------------------------------------- If you are part of a coordinated-deployment infrastructure (such as a national grid infrastructure, EGI, OSG, PRACE-RI, 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/ Next Release ------------ Releases are usually done on the last Monday of the month, only when the trust anchor distribution has been updates substantially. The currently- estimated next release date of the distribution is 28 November 2011. Dual-hash OpenSSL v1 support ---------------------------- This distribution comes in two (2) formats. The primary format for this release supports OpenSSL v1 and is designed to be backwards compatible with the old distribution format. If you experience issues with the new format, the old non-OpenSSL-v1 version is still available at https://dist.eugridpma.org/distribution/igtf/current-old/ but you should upgrade as soon as practically possible. Subsequentl releases may withdraw this legacy format without further notice. For more information, please refer to the February 15th 2010 newsletter: https://www.eugridpma.org/newsletter/eugridpma-newsletter-20100215.txt ========================================================================= REPEATED NOTICES ========================================================================= This newsletter carries IGTF information intended for relying parties. For more information about this newsletter and how to subscribe, refer to the EUGridPMA web site at https://www.eugridpma.org/ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information on the IGTF Distribution, how to use it and what is | | contains, please read the information at | | https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/README.txt | | | | This file contains important information for new users and should be | | read before installing this Distribution. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you have suggestions or improvements for the distribution format, to have it better suit your needs, please contact the EUGridPMA PMA at <info(a)eugridpma.org> or your Regional Policy Management Authority. See the IGTF web site (www.igtf.net) for further information. -- David Groep ** Nikhef, Dutch National Institute for Sub-atomic Physics,PDP/Grid group ** ** Room: H1.50 Phone: +31 20 5922179, PObox 41882, NL-1009DB Amsterdam NL **

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Updated IGTF distribution 1.41 available
by David Groep 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Dear CAs, Relying Parties, Users, and all others interested, In this announcement of the IGTF: 1. Updated IGTF distribution version 1.41 available ========================================================================= 1. Updated IGTF distribution version 1.41 available ========================================================================= 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 and retires expiring CA certificates. This is version 1.41, release 1, and it is now available for download from the Repository (and mirrors) at https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/ *** note that the default format is now OpenSSL v1 compatible *** Changes from 1.40 to 1.41 ------------------------- (26 September 2011) * Added accredited PSC MyProxy SLCS CA (US) * Updated CRL URL for LIPCA (PT) * Extended life time of SlovakGrid CA root (SK) * Added accredited DZ-eScience CA (DZ) * Added accredited NICS SLCS MyProxy CA (US) * Added new UK eScience issuing CAs 2A and 2B to allowed namespaces and removed superfluous signing policy entries (UK) * Normalised the certificate files (.0) for selected CAs in the 'old' format distribution. This does not affect the 'new' OpenSSL v1+ compatible release. Affected CAs are CESNET, NIKHEF, NIIF, DFN-GridGermany-Root, PSC-Myproxy-CA, and NERSC-SLCS. Old and new format files are now identical. * The "worthless" area, containing some files that are distributed merely for convenience for selected specific purposes, has been re-named to "unaccredited". Files contained in this directory must be treated with utmost care, and their inclusion in the distribution does not constitute any form of endorsement by the IGTF of these files or their content. * Added unaccredited InCommon Server CA to convenience directory (US) Debian APT support ------------------ The IGTF distributed the trust anchors in various formats. This release adds an 'apt' compliant repository for Debian-based distribution as an experimental service. For details, see https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/dists/README.txt Use in coordinated-deployment infrastructures --------------------------------------------- If you are part of a coordinated-deployment infrastructure (such as a national grid infrastructure, EGI, OSG, PRACE-RI, 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/ Next Release ------------ Releases are usually done on the last Monday of the month, only when the trust anchor distribution has been updates substantially. The currently- estimated next release date of the distribution is 28 November 2011. Dual-hash OpenSSL v1 support ---------------------------- This distribution comes in two (2) formats. The primary format for this release supports OpenSSL v1 and is designed to be backwards compatible with the old distribution format. If you experience issues with the new format, the old non-OpenSSL-v1 version is still available at https://dist.eugridpma.org/distribution/igtf/current-old/ but you should upgrade as soon as practically possible. Subsequentl releases may withdraw this legacy format without further notice. For more information, please refer to the February 15th 2010 newsletter: https://www.eugridpma.org/newsletter/eugridpma-newsletter-20100215.txt ========================================================================= REPEATED NOTICES ========================================================================= This newsletter carries IGTF information intended for relying parties. For more information about this newsletter and how to subscribe, refer to the EUGridPMA web site at https://www.eugridpma.org/ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information on the IGTF Distribution, how to use it and what is | | contains, please read the information at | | https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/README.txt | | | | This file contains important information for new users and should be | | read before installing this Distribution. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you have suggestions or improvements for the distribution format, to have it better suit your needs, please contact the EUGridPMA PMA at <info(a)eugridpma.org> or your Regional Policy Management Authority. See the IGTF web site (www.igtf.net) for further information. -- David Groep ** Nikhef, Dutch National Institute for Sub-atomic Physics,PDP/Grid group ** ** Room: H1.50 Phone: +31 20 5922179, PObox 41882, NL-1009DB Amsterdam NL **

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eugridpma-announce September 2011