Correction....
" The idea of using DNS has been around since 2006, but never formally adopted."
I meant, of course, never formally adopted in the period 2006 to July 2009. It was adotped in July 2009!
Dave
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Dr David Kelsey
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Kelsey
> Sent: 04 October 2011 10:13
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Moving VO name - is there a standard way.
>
> David,
>
> The VO Registration Security Policy which mandates dns-style VO names
> was formally approved by WLCG on 7th July 2009 and by EGEE on 10th July
> 2009. The idea of using DNS has been around since 2006, but never
> formally adopted.
>
> Any VO which pre-exists those dates can, I think, legitimately claim an
> exemption. I am not so sympathetic to VOs created since July 2009!
>
> BUT... for any new VOs being created, PLEASE remember that you have to
> abide by this. We have in the past had clashes between two VOs with
> the same name and what starts off as a local VO so often wants to
> expand later.
>
> Regards
> Dave
>
>
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> Dr David Kelsey
> Particle Physics Department
> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0QX, UK
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: 04 October 2011 09:54
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Moving VO name - is there a standard way.
> >
> > FYI, at RAL, existing data does exist, Data goes back at least until
> > 22April 2009 ( so two and a half years?).
> > I can find 13 sites; 11 in UK, one in Italy and one in Bulgaria that
> > support them.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Gordon
> > Sent: 04 October 2011 09:17
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Moving VO name - is there a standard way.
> >
> > if this VO is hosted in the UK then I am happy to ask for an
> exemption
> > as the NGI.
> >
> > Historically this wasn't imposed retrospectively so existing VOs like
> > the LHC ones and many others weren't asked to change. The case for an
> > exemption is that this is a long-standing VO, not a new one; it is
> > just the registration in the cic portal that is new. What evidence do
> > we have for this assertion? How long has it been in VOMS? How many
> > sites support it? More than one country? Does it have existing data?
> >
> > I suspect like the DREAM VO recently, the hurdle might be technically
> > in the portal rather than procedurally.
> >
> > John
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> > > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ewan MacMahon
> > > Sent: 03 October 2011 23:48
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Moving VO name - is there a standard way.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> > > > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Colling
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i agree with everything that you say. Can you think of who to
> > > approach to
> > > > try get an exemption?
> > > >
> > > Have there been any exceptions already? In particular, what about
> > > the big LHC VOs?
> > >
> > > Ewan
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