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Part . GT 4.1.0: Authorization Framework
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GT 4.1.0: Authorization Framework

Table of Contents

Release Notes
1. Component Overview
2. Feature Summary
3. Changes Summary
4. Bug Fixes
5. Known Problems
6. Technology Dependencies
7. Tested Platforms
8. Backward Compatibility Summary
9. Associated Standards
10. For More Information
WS A&A Authorization Framework Admin Guide
1. Introduction
2. Building and Installing
3. Configuring
4. Deploying
5. Testing
6. Security Considerations
7. Troubleshooting
User's Guide
1. Introduction
2. Command line tools
3. Graphical user interfaces
4. Troubleshooting
Developer's Guide
1. Introduction
2. Before you begin
3. Architecture and design overview
4. Public interface
5. Usage scenarios
6. Tutorials
7. Debugging
8. Troubleshooting
9. Related Documentation
Public Interfaces
1. Semantics and syntax of APIs
2. Semantics and syntax of the WSDL
3. Semantics and syntax of non-WSDL protocols
4. Command-line tools
5. Overview of Graphical User Interfaces
6. Semantics and syntax of domain-specific interface
7. Configuration interface
8. Environment variable interface
9. PIPs and PDPs
Quality Report
1. Test coverage reports
2. Code analysis reports
3. Outstanding bugs
4. Bug Fixes
5. Performance reports
Migrating Guide
1. Migrating from GT2
2. Migrating from GT3
A. Security Descriptors
1. Introduction
2. Configuring security descriptors
3. Reading security descriptor files
4. Security Descriptor Schemas
5. Common Configuration for server-side security descriptors
6. Container-only security configuration
7. Service Security Descriptor Configuration
8. Writing client side security descriptors
9. Programmatic altering of security descriptors
10. Resource security descriptors
11. Other configuration
B. PDP Reference
1. Introduction
2. GridMapAuthorization
C. PIP Reference
1. Introduction
2. X509Bootstrap
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