Hi Andrew
One of the things you might wish to look at, is applying a set of
security APIs that we originally developed for Eucalyptus/Amazon's S3,
to OpenStack. The APIs are described in a programming language
independent way, as well as being implemented and specified in PHP. To
apply them to OpenStack will require them to be rewritten in Python.
The APIs provide federated access to clouds, as well as attribute based
access controls and delegation of rights to anyone from anywhere.
You can experiment with our system here
https://authz.tas3.kent.ac.uk/proxyS3/home.php
and find the documentation and software on the publicly accessible pages.
If you need any help in understanding or implementing the security APIs
please let me know and I will be glad to help.
regards
David
On 25/01/2012 04:57, Andrew Weiss wrote:
Hey everyone,
I wanted to introduce myself to this group. My name is Andrew Weiss and
I am a senior undergraduate student in the Computer& Information
Technology Department at Purdue University. Throughout the course of
this semester, I will be conducting research in cloud computing with
focus areas that include: security, scalability, and business process
enhancement. I recently contacted Stefano about using OpenStack as the
primary tool for our cloud computing research and he mentioned this
academic group.
My goal with this project is to explore the advantages and disadvantages
of deploying an open source private cloud in an enterprise environment.
The degree I am pursuing is geared towards IT engineering in regards to
the maintenance, support, and implementation of enterprise technologies.
If anyone has any areas in particular that relate to this project that
they would like me to also look into, I would certainly be interested.
Please contact me with more information and whether or not you are
interested in following along with our project's progress.
Andrew
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