Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ESGF
- Timestamp:
- 11/10/10 09:17:48 (10 years ago)
Legend:
- Unmodified
- Added
- Removed
- Modified
-
ESGF
v8 v9 4 4 == Architectural Overview == 5 5 [[Image(source:TI12-security/trunk/NDGSecurity/documentation/ESGF/ESGSecurityOverview.png)]] 6 7 === Authentication === 8 The Earth System Grid security architecture supports OpenID and PKI based authentication for services. For OPeNDAP based services like TDS, the server side is configured with a filter which intercepts requests and applies these authentication schemes. OpenID based authentication is suited to interactive login with a browser, whilst PKI based authentication is more suited to non-user interactive clients such as scripts or other programs. The diagram below shows the interactions in a sequence: 9 10 [[Image(source:TI12-security/trunk/NDGSecurity/documentation/ESGF/OPeNDAPSSLAuthentication.png)]] 11