Great - from my point of view the perfect solution would be a module that plugs into the Java NetCDF libraries. I'm very happy to be involved with this when the time comes.
Cheers, Jon On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Bryan Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jon > > In the medium term we also want to look at providing an authentication module > for the most common programmatic interfaces, which for us, I expect to be > fortran, java, python and idl, so you can use that before an ncopen to an > opendap url. We might obviously want to talk with you about the java one ... > (Phil is aghast that I'm demanding fortran :-) :-) > > Cheers > Bryan > > On Wednesday 23 September 2009 12:03:17 Kershaw, Philip (STFC,RAL,SSTD) wrote: >> Hi Jon, >> >> I'm actually testing wget based access right now. I hope to have the >> ndg3beta site updated with new server side handler middleware soon. >> >> As it stands OpenID is unsuitable for the kind of access you're looking for. >> As an alternative, the client will be able to pass a certificate for SSL >> based authentication. The new security middleware component on the server >> will intercept the requested for secured data before the OpenID handler >> provided that the request contains such a certificate. Authentication would >> then be based on this certificate bypassing OpenID. >> >> The client certificate could be one allocated to a particular machine or it >> could one issued from MyProxy. The latter scenario is what we have >> envisaged for Earth System Grid. Users will be able to access data via a >> browser using OpenID but if they wish to use some kind of script or other >> client program they can invoke a MyProxy server and get a short term >> certificate for access. >> >> Cheers, >> Phil >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Blower >> > Sent: 23 September 2009 11:26 >> > To: NERC DataGrid Technical List >> > Subject: Re: [ndg-technical] Secured OPeNDAP Service now >> > available on the NDG Beta Site >> > >> > >> > Hi Phil, >> > >> > This is excellent news. How might it be possible to access >> > such secure datasets programmatically, as opposed to via the >> > web? I'd be very interested to see if our visualization >> > client can access a sample dataset. >> > >> > Cheers, Jon >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Kershaw, Philip >> > (STFC,RAL,SSTD) <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > An OPeNDAP service is now available on the integration site: >> > > >> > > http://ndg3beta.badc.rl.ac.uk/dap/ >> > > >> > > A part of the NDG3 development work was to apply NDG >> > Security to the >> > > Python OPeNDAP implementation PyDAP. I've recently updated to the >> > > latest release which has an improved interface and I've lifted a >> > > restriction so that the site is available outside RAL. >> > > >> > > There are some sample datasets including RAPID which is >> > secured using >> > > NDG Security middleware overlayed on top of the PyDAP application. >> > > Accessing any of the rapid/ sub-directories triggers OpenID based >> > > single sign-on. If you're interested in trying this out >> > let me know >> > > and I can arrange for access. >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > Phil >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Scanned by iCritical. >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > NDG-technical mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.ncas.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ndg-technical >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Dr Jon Blower >> > Technical Director, Reading e-Science Centre >> > Environmental Systems Science Centre >> > University of Reading >> > Harry Pitt Building, 3 Earley Gate >> > Reading RG6 6AL. UK >> > Tel: +44 (0)118 378 5213 >> > Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6413 >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.nerc-> essc.ac.uk/People/Staff/Blower_J.htm >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > NDG-technical mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.ncas.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ndg-> technical >> > > > > > -- > Bryan Lawrence > Director of Environmental Archival and Associated Research > (NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre and NCEO/NERC NEODC) > STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > Phone +44 1235 445012; Fax ... 5848; > Web: home.badc.rl.ac.uk/lawrence > -- Dr Jon Blower Technical Director, Reading e-Science Centre Environmental Systems Science Centre University of Reading Harry Pitt Building, 3 Earley Gate Reading RG6 6AL. UK Tel: +44 (0)118 378 5213 Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6413 [email protected] http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/People/Staff/Blower_J.htm _______________________________________________ NDG-technical mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ncas.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ndg-technical
