Globus Toolkit History

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This list includes highlights of our recent releases:

March 2007: 4.1.1

February 2007: 4.0.4

August 2006: 4.0.3

June 2006: 4.1.0

  • Persistent HTTP/S connection support in Java WS Core
  • Dynamic deployment support in Java WS Core
  • JBOSS 4.0 support in Java WS Core
  • A new implementation of WS-ServiceGroup in C WS Core
  • C command-line tools for WSRF operations in C WS Core
  • Support for GetResourceProperties and QueryResourceProperties in Delegation Service
  • Support for the OGSA-AuthZ Authorization Service interface in CAS
  • Server-side attribute-based authorization framework enhancements
  • Support for a pluggable Policy Decision Point (PDP) designed to minimze common authorization errors
  • Enhanced security descriptor framework
  • A Web service interface for the Replica Location Service (RLS)
  • Improved data service resource support in OGSA-DAI
  • Improved support for multiple TriggerRules in the Trigger Service
  • Java API to assist in creating resource properties from external information sources
  • A new resource manager (RM) adapter API in WS GRAM

April 2006: 4.0.2

  • Support for Tomcat 5.5.x
  • Improved WSDL parsing and serialization of complex types in C WS Core
  • Improved performance and a new programmer's tutorial for Python WS Core
  • Beta-quality integration between the SweGrid Accounting System (SGAS) tech preview and WS GRAM
  • Improved ODBC support in the Replica Location Service (RLS)
  • Improved resource management in OGSA-DAI WSRF
  • Scalability improvements to the Data Replication Service (DRS)
  • Job throughput improvements in WS GRAM

August 2005: 4.0.1

  • Adoption of Version 2 of the Apache License
  • Improved support for Apache Tomcat
  • Improved support for message-level security in C WS Core
  • Integration of the WS MDS vulnerability fix
  • An updated version of OGSA-DAI

April 2005: 4.0.0

  • Web service hosting environments for Java, Python and C
  • WSRF and WS compliant client and server applications
  • An improved WSS-compliant security infrastructure (including WSS4J) with an extensible authorization framework
  • A new GRAM implementation optimized for flexibility, stability and scalability
  • A new and improved GridFTP server
  • Significant stability and scalability improvements in RFT, RLS and GRAM
  • An updated version of OGSA-DAI that allows access to data via WSRF mechanisms
  • Improved Information Services infrastructure
  • Improved and extended documentation
  • Several usability improvements, including better error reporting and installer enhancements
  • Enhanced cross-platform support

February 2005: 3.9.5

  • Public interfaces frozen
  • A WSRF port of OGSA-DAI
  • A mechanism to collect usage statistics
  • Stability and performance improvements
  • Improved cross-platform support
  • Further documentation refinements
  • Improved installer interface

December 2004: 3.9.4

  • Feature freeze
  • A new C client for WS GRAM
  • A first look at our C WSRF implementation
  • Significant performance enhancements for all WS-based technology
  • Several performance improvements in our new GridFTP server
  • An improved installer interface
  • Improved documentation

Early studies of 3.9.3 revealed significant performance problems with the Java WS components. Happily, the 3.9.4 release includes improvements in performance that, for some components, approach an order of magnitude.

October 2004: 3.9.3

  • Feature-Frozen Components
    • Java WS Core
    • CAS
    • Delegation Service
    • Pre-WS Authentication and Authorization (GSI for Pre-WS components)
    • Credential Management (including MyProxy and SimpleCA)
    • Reliable File Transfer (RFT)
    • GridFTP (featuring the new server implementation; includes support for striping)
    • Replica Location Service (RLS)
    • Pre-WS GRAM
    • Pre-WS MDS (MDS2)
    • WS MDS (MDS4)
    • XIO
  • Nearly Feature-Frozen Components
    • WS Authentication and Authorization (includes Java message and transport-level security and a WS authorization framework)
    • WS GRAM (multi-job support; interim java client)
  • Not included in this release:
    • C WS Core (basic toolset in C for creating stateful web services)
    • C WS Authentication and Authorization support
    • C WS GRAM client

August 2004: 3.9.2

  • C WS Core
  • Java WS Core
  • GridFTP (non-WU)
  • RFT (first WSRF impl)
  • WS GRAM (first WSRF impl)
  • WS MDS (first WSRF impl)

June 2004: 3.9.1

  • Java WS Core preview w/early WSRF, WSN & message-level security implementation (not WSS4J-based)

May 2004: 3.9.0

  • Java WS Core preview w/early WSRF & WSN implementation with no message-level security

March 2004: 3.2 Final

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