Dear CAs, Relying Parties, Users, and all others interested,
In this announcement of the EUGridPMA:
1. URGENT UPDATE to new distribution 1.6
We apologize for this upgrade, so quickly after the update to 1.5. Please review the entire CHANGES file at the location below to see the changes with respect to the 1.4 release:
http://www.eugridpma.org/distribution/igtf/current/CHANGES
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.
Regards, David Groep
For more information about this newsletter and the mailing list, please refer to the EUGridPMA web site at https://www.eugridpma.org/
========================================================================= 1. URGENT UPDATE to new distribution 1.6 =========================================================================
An internal audit of the NAREGI CA has shown that the key length of the NAREGI CA's root certificate is not 2048 bit but 1024 bit. This problem was found by their internal assessment and ascertained that it was due to a miss operation (configuration) at the time of the key generation.
For this reason, the current NAREGI CA root certificate is being withdrawn from the distribution. The new 1.6 release no longer contains this CA, and the RPM packaging thereof obsoletes the ca such that automatic upgrades using YUM or APT will de-install the 1024-bits NAREGI CA.
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 1.6, release 1, and it is now available for download from the Repository at
https://www.eugridpma.org/distribution/igtf/current/ or https://www.eugridpma.org/distribution/igtf/1.6/
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.
Modified accredited CAs: NAREGI CA Withdrawn from the distirbution
A detailed summary of changes can also be found in the distribution.
Next Release ------------ The next release of the CA RPMs is to be expected in July 2006, (of course barring special circumstances).
========================================================================= STANDARD CLAUSES AND REPEATED NOTICES: Distribution information =========================================================================
Notice on directory structure ----------------------------- *** ONLY CAs IN THE "accredited/" DIRECTORY and THE CAs INSTALLED USING THE ca_policy_igtf-classic-1.6-1.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.
*** The Fermilab Kerberized CA, although not an accredited CA according to the "classic" profile, has been available from the EUGridPMA repository before in the "others/" directory. Due to the reorganization, this authority has moved to the "experimental/" area. When the KCA has been accepted by the TAGPMA, the location of this authority will change.
*** All individual CAs packages, as well as the bundles, have the same (common) version number "1.5" and release "1".
Distribution formats -------------------- * 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-1.6.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-1.5.tar.gz igtf-preinstalled-bundle-slcs-1.5.tar.gz (note there are no SLCS-accredited authorities at this time)
* those CAs whose key-length is less than 4095 bits are also available in a Java KeyStore (JKS), whose password is "eugridpma". These is both a JKS for each individual CA, as well as a "igtf-policy-accredited-classic-1.5.jks" in the "accredited/jks/" sub-directory.
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://www.eugridpma.org/distribution/igtf/current/ gpgcheck=1
Also "apt" is supported. For details, see http://www.eugridpma.org/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).