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SimpleCA is a package that provides a simplified certification authority for the purpose of issuing credentials to Globus Toolkit users and services.
Features new in GT 4.1.1
- None
Other Supported Features
- Easy creation of X.509 certificates for use with the Globus Toolkit
- Easy creation of GPT packages for the created SimpleCA
Deprecated Features
- None
The following changes have occurred for SimpleCA since the last stable release, 4.0.4:
[summarize changes]
- Bug 1866: setup-simple-ca fails on Solaris due to nonportable I/O r...
- Bug 1878: Allow -passin options to be used when creating a CA/signi...
- Bug 2100: grid-ca-sign fails with message mandatory organizationNam...
- Bug 2212: Security Risk when running grid-ca-sign; possibly others
- Bug 2888: Problems with non-root SimplCA install
The following problems and limitations are known to exist for SimpleCA at the time of the 4.1.1 release:
SimpleCA depends on the following GT components:
- Pre-WS Authentication and Authorization
SimpleCA depends on the following 3rd party software:
- OpenSSL
Protocol changes for SimpleCA since GT 4.0.4
- Not applicable
API changes since GT 4.0.4
- Not applicable
Exception changes since GT 4.0.4
- Not applicable
Schema changes since GT 4.0.4
- Not applicable
See Installing SimpleCA for more information about this component.