[Swift-devel] coaster io with NIO.

[Michael Wilde]

I think the last time we discussed this, we determined that adding a -nosec mode for automatic coasters would be both safe and useful. Is that a reasonable approach for now, including making -nosec the default?

- Mike

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mihael Hategan" <hategan at mcs.anl.gov>
> To: "Michael Wilde" <wilde at mcs.anl.gov>
> Cc: "Swift Devel" <swift-devel at ci.uchicago.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 12:42:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Swift-devel] coaster io with NIO.
> On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 10:48 -0500, Michael Wilde wrote:
> 
> > But regarding the limitations between the new NIO code and GSI: the
> > current secure socket solution for coasters has long been a
> > usability
> > obstacle. This sounds like a good time to design a highly usable
> > solution that will last us into the future. What alternatives can
> > you
> > suggest for this?
> 
> I know this looks like the right time to deal with that. However I
> want
> to mention that while the jglobus NIO issue is a technical one, the
> security part is not something that I have a solution for but missing
> the code.
> 
> I do however welcome ideas on how to do security nicely in this case
> (though I think it is to a large extent the same as how to do security
> in a distributed/grid system)
> 
> Mihael

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Michael Wilde
Computation Institute, University of Chicago
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory