[Go-essp-tech] ESG Security Support in NetCDF

[Bryan Lawrence]

Fabulous news!  Now to get the python interfaces to support it ... :-) 
:-) :-)

Cheers
Bryan

On Thursday 02 September 2010 14:07:07 philip.kershaw at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Some of you might be interested to know that some hooks have now been
> added into the C NetCDF libraries to enable support for ESG based
> security.  Calls to an ESG secured OPeNDAP server such as the Data
> Node TDS, can be made by configuring  nc_open with a certificate and
> private key enabling the server to authenticate / authorize the
> client.
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> The changes are integrated in the NetCDF development trunk.   You can
> access the latest source from the snapshot:
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> ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/snapshot/netcdf-4-daily.tar.gz
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> I have example code if anyone is interested in finding out more.
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> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Phil

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