Abstract
We have implemented a XML-based usage policy framework that provides authorization and cost-based accounting in the EZGrid system, a resource broker for grid computing. Primarily, this framework allows the resource owners to exercise more control over their resources by dictating usage permissions in a grid environment. The usage policies and associated rules are expressed as attribute-value pairs in XML. Interfaces are developed for administrators to set these rules and tools are designed to help the users and client-side brokerage systems to examine these policies while making resource choices. Globus toolkit’s middleware services are used for authentication and data transport.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
W. Allcock, J. Bester, J. Bresnahan, A. Chervenak, I. Foster, C. Kesselman, S. Meder, V. Nefedova, D. Quesnel, and S. Tuecke, “Data Management and Transfer in High-Performance Computational Grid Environments,” Parallel Computing 2001.
J. Bester, I. Foster, C. Kesselman, J. Tedesco, S. Tuecke, “GASS: A Data Movement andAccess Service for Wide Area Computing Systems,” Sixth Workshop on I/O in Parallel andDistributedSystems, May 5, 1999.
R. Butler, D. Engert, I. Foster, C. Kesselman, S. Tuecke, J. Volmer, V. Welch, “A National-Scale Authentication Infrastructure,” IEEE Computer, 2000.
B. M. Chapman, B. Sundaram, K. Thyagaraja, S.W. Masood, P. Narayanasamy,“EZGrid: A Resource Brokerage System for Grids,” http://www.cs.uh.edu/ ezgrid.
K. Czajkowski, I. Foster, N. Karonis, C. Kesselman, S. Martin, W. Smith, S. Tuecke, “A Resource Management Architecture for Metacomputing Systems,” Proc. IPPS/SPDP’ 98 Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, 1998.
I. Foster and C. Kesselman, “Globus: A Metacomputing Infrastructure Toolkit,” International Journal of Supercomputer Applications, Summer 1997.
I. Foster and C. Kesselman, “The GRID: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure,” Morgan Kauffman Publishers, 1999.
I. Foster, C. Kesselman and S. Tuecke, “The Anatomy of the Grid: Enabling Scalable Virtual Organizations,” International Journal of Supercomputing Applications, 15(3), 2001.
G. von Laszewski, I. Foster, J. Gawor, W. Smith, and S. Tuecke, “CoG Kits: A Bridge between Commodity Distributed Computing and High-Performance Grids,” ACM 2000 Java Grande Conference, 2000.
L. Pearlman, V. Welch, I. Foster, C. Kesselman, S. Tuecke, “A Community Authorization Service for Group Collaboration,” IEEE 3rdIn ternational Workshop on Policies for DistributedSystems andNet works, 2001.
B. Sundaram, B. M. Chapman, “Policy Engine: A Framework for Authorization, Accounting Policy Speci.cation andEv aluation in Grids,” 2nd In ternational Conference on GridComputing, Nov 2001.
B. Sundaram, C. Nebergall, S. Tuecke, “Policy Specification and Restricted Delegation in Globus Proxies,” Research Gem, Super Computing 2000, Dallas, TX, November 2000.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Sundaram, B., Chapman, B.M. (2002). XML-Based Policy Engine Framework for Usage Policy Management in Grids. In: Parashar, M. (eds) Grid Computing — GRID 2002. GRID 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2536. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36133-2_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36133-2_17
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-00133-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-36133-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive