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SimpleCA provides a simple implementation of a certification authority which can issue X.509 certificates to Globus Toolkit users and services.
Features new in GT 4.2.0
- None
Other Supported Features
- Easy creation of X.509 certificates for use with the Globus Toolkit
- Easy creation of GPT packages for the created SimpleCA
Deprecated Features
- None
No changes have occurred for SimpleCA since the last stable release, 4.0.x.
- Bug 4529: setup-simple-ca bug
- Bug 3567: Due to denied permission received this ERROR: could not run build command: /usr/local/globus-4.0.0/sbin/gpt-build -force /home/globusadmin/.globus/simpleCA//globus_simple_ca_e950e695_setup-0.18.tar.gz
- Bug 3702: SimpleCA build fails on HP-UX/IA-64 platform
- Bug 3792: Typo in setup-simple-ca
- Bug 4725: Quick fix for two bugs in 4.1.0 simpleca
- Bug 4819: grid-cert-request -help returns error
- Bug 4929: grid_ca_sign error: "test: unknown operator =="
- Bug 3958: bash-ism in SimpleCA
- Bug 5468: Creating and signing a hostcert with a non fully qualified hostname behaves odd
The following problems and limitations are known to exist for SimpleCA at the time of the 4.2.0 release:
SimpleCA depends on the following GT components:
- Non-WS Authentication and Authorization
SimpleCA depends on the following 3rd party software:
- OpenSSL
Protocol changes for SimpleCA since GT 4.0.x
- Not applicable
API changes since GT 4.0.x
- Not applicable
Exception changes since GT 4.0.x
- Not applicable
Schema changes since GT 4.0.x
- Not applicable
See Installing SimpleCA for more information about this component.