Mechanisms for increasing the usability of grid security

Authors:
Bruce Beckles;Von Welch;Jim Basney
Affiliations:
University of Cambridge Computing Service, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK;National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL;National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Venue:
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special isssue: HCI research in privacy and security is critical now
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Grid security is based on public key infrastructure (PKI), an architecture that offers strong security for inter-institutional projects, making it ideal for computational grids. However, current PKI implementations suffer from serious usability issues in terms of end-user acquisition and management of credentials, something which grid security inherits from its PKI foundation. In this paper, we describe two parallel efforts to apply the concept of "Plug-and-Play PKI", designed to improve PKI usability, to improve the usability of grid security.