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A Scalable PKI for a National Grid Service

Overview This paper describes work to expand the PKI for the UK National Grid Service (NGS), to integrate it with site authentication and improve usability. This work is complementary to the UK Shibboleth deployment. As the NGS grows to support wider and larger scientific communities, the paper investigate how to improve usability by tying in Virtual Organisation management into the PKI framework.

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PublisherNational Grid Service Support Centre File FormatPDF
Date PublishedFebruary 2007
FormatWhite Papers   
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