Dear CAs, Relying Parties, Users, and all others interested,
In this announcement of the IGTF:
1. Updated IGTF distribution version 1.29 available
========================================================================= 1. Updated IGTF distribution version 1.29 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 1.29, release 1, and it is now available for download from the Repository (and mirrors) at
https://dist.eugridpma.info/distribution/igtf/current/
Changes from 1.28 to 1.29 ------------------------- (4 May 2009)
* Restored NGO-Netrust CA (SG) * Updated AIST Grid (CRL) URL metadata (JP) * Added accredited MD-Grid CA with hash 9ff26ea4 (MD) * Added accredited HKU Grid CA with hash 4798da47 (HK) * Updated signing policy file of APAC Grid CA (AU) * Added accredited classic BYGCA (Belarus) with hash 709bed08 (BY) * Updated namespace for the APAC CA (AU, NZ)
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
Distribution format changes --------------------------- Note that the location of the igtf-policy-installation-bundle tar-ball has changed in release 1.26. It is now in the root of the distribution area, as it contains also all worthless and experimental CAs.
The per-profile meta-data files (ca_policy_igtf-*.info) as well as the top-level meta-data file (ca_policy_igtf.info) now also contain a list of obsoleted CAs. Previously, this information was only embedded in the RPM distribution. The "obsoletes" attribute contains a comma-separated list of aliases for all CAs that have been (temporarily) withdrawn for any reason.
Next Release ------------ The next release of the distribution is expected on June 2nd, 2009.
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What is contained in the IGTF Trust Anchor Distribution -------------------------------------------------------
*** ONLY CAs IN THE "accredited/" DIRECTORY and THE CAs INSTALLED USING THE ca_policy_igtf-classic-<VERSION>-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 and release.
Distribution formats -------------------- * the distribution containes RPMs and tar-balls of each accredited authority, as well as meta-RPMs that depends on the RPMs of those accredited.
* the tar "bundle" can be used to install the authorities in a local trust anchor directory using the "./configure && make install" process: igtf-policy-installation-bundle-<VERSION>.tar.gz
* the accredited directory contains tar-balls for all "classic", "mics", and "slcs" accredited CAs: igtf-preinstalled-bundle-classic-<VERSION>.tar.gz igtf-preinstalled-bundle-slcs-<VERSION>.tar.gz igtf-preinstalled-bundle-mics-<VERSION>.tar.gz
* 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-<VERSION>.jks" in the "accredited/jks/" sub-directory (also for -slcs and -mics).
APT and Yum ----------- 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 https://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 ----------- If you have suggestions or improvements for the distribution format, to have it better suit your needs, please contact the PMA at info@eugridpma.org. Note that there is be a common distribution format across the entire IGTF (i.e. all three PMAs).