GT 4.0.3 Incremental Release Notes: MyProxy

1. Introduction

These release notes are for the incremental release 4.0.3. It includes a summary of changes since 4.0.2, bug fixes since 4.0.2 and any known problems that still exist at the time of the 4.0.3 release. This page is in addition to the top-level 4.0.3 release notes at http://www.globus.org/toolkit/releasenotes/4.0.3.

For release notes about 4.0 (including feature summary, technology dependencies, etc) go to the MyProxy 4.0 Release Notes.

2. Changes Summary

The following changes have occurred for MyProxy since GT 4.0.2:

  • Updated GPT package from 3.5 to 3.6.
  • Added support for credential renewal via the MyProxy CA using myproxy-server.config authorized_renewers/default_renewers options
  • Provided an access control list for storing credentials via the myproxy-server.config accepted_credentials_mapfile option
  • Added support for VOMS attributes in myproxy-server.config policies
  • Changed MyProxy CA toissue certificates valid starting 5 minutes in the past to account for possible clock skew between hosts
  • Added check_multiple_credentials option in myproxy-server.config to allow clients to retrieve a credential for a given username even if the associated "credential name" isn't provided (via myproxy-logon --credname)

3. Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed for MyProxy since GT 4.0.2:

  • Bug 4647: Fixed insecure temporary file handling in myproxy-admin-adduser.
  • Fixed insecure input handling in myproxy-get-delegation.cgi example.

4. Known Problems

The following problem is known to exist for MyProxy at the time of the 4.0.3 release:

  • Bug 2709: The MyProxy package isn't internationalized.

5. For More Information

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