Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gordon, JC (John)
said:
> The best use
> case I have heard is as a proxy to contact central databases.
> eg the VOs
> database of jobs cannot be updated directly by running jobs as WNs may
> not have external network access. The VObox will provide this link.
If there were a proposal to remove outbound access from WNs that might
well be a strong argument, but I don't think anyone actually is
proposing that ...
> One problem is the lack of a coherent description. Since this document
> was written we have seen subsequent requests for remote root access
> (later withdrawn) and for inbound network access.
If it appears that LCG has agreed to provide a VO box with very few
restrictions then it's inevitable that people will start coming up with
lots of new things they could do with it.
Stephen
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