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GSI

The Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI), formerly called the Globus Security Infrastructure, is a specification for tamper-proof communications between software in a Grid computing environment. Secure, authenticatable communication is enabled using encryption techniques involving International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF) recognised X509 digital certificates.

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VDT installation documentation

The NGS maintains a set of internal documentation detailing how to install VDT. By following these instructions a site can quickly install and configure a wide range of Grid services which are needed in order to become a member, including: GSI, GLUE, MDS, PreWS GRAM, GSI-SSH server and clients, MyProxy clients, VOMS Clients and GridFTP

NGS Site Level Services

For further information on the NGS software stack, please refer to the NGS Site Level Services reference document.

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