VDT 1.2.1 Release

We are pleased to announce the release of VDT 1.2.1. Since this release is part of a stable series we've tried to keep the changes to a minimum. This looks very similar to VDT 1.2.0. If you are happily using VDT 1.2.0, you probably do not need to upgrade.

• New Supported Platform:
  • VDT 1.2.1 is supported on Debian Linux 3.1 (sarge). You can install it in two ways: with Pacman using the normal installation method, or you can install a subset of the VDT as Debian packages.
• New Features:
  • There is now an optional package that can be installed called Gatekeeper-Authz. This implements gatekeeper callouts for authorization, to allow alternative authorization mechanisms to be used.
• Bug Fixes:
  • The xinetd setup for GSI logs HOST instead of USERID, so we avoid use the ident protocol.
  • doe-grid-cert-request is now installed properly
  • MonaLisa no longer users the grid3 group by default
  • KX509 standalone installs correctly. Previously it was missing a library.
  • edg-mkgridmap now works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Upgraded software:
  • Condor 6.6.6
  • Virtual Data System 1.2.13
  • Java 1.4.2_05
  • We fixed up the CA certificates. We added several CA's, to match what is accepted by LCG: Belgium, Israel, Armenia, Pakistan, and the new Slovak CA. A few other CA certs were dropped because they have expired. These are the Dutch EDG Tutorial Worthless CA, the UK HEP Testbed CA, and the old Slovak CA. The Polish Grid CRL URL file has been fixed (this caused problems with edg-fetch-crl) and the Russian CA has been updated.

To learn more, you can view the main documentation page or a list of documentation about VDT 1.2.1.

The VDT 1.2.1 cache is located at: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/vdt_121_cache/