[Go-essp-tech] Updating the obsolete IDP Whitelist.

[Prashanth Dwarakanath]

Hello,

One of the main inconsistencies across the ESGF nodes is the IDP 
whitelist.  Many sites don't have the newer entries while several obsolete 
and no-longer functional entries continue to pollute the file. The 
'official' list of IDP servers is found here: 
https://github.com/ESGF/esgf.github.io/wiki/ESGF_IdPs

It contains entries for both the current p2p system as well as its 
precursor, the gateway, in a bid to have backward compatibility. However, 
it must be noted that those that ran gateway services have long since 
migrated to the p2p system. Many don't even run those services on those 
urls anymore, while others have redirected the urls to the new p2p 
instances.

In short, a little housekeeping is in order. I've eliminated the gateway 
nodes (which included hosts which no longer exist, such 
as dev-hydra.esrl.svc, esg-gw.ornl.teragrid.org, esg.ucar.edu and 
ndg3beta.badc.rl.ac.uk) . Please find the updated list attached with this 
mail. If any servers have been missed out, I request that they be added to 
the list and the wiki updated accordingly.

Regards,
Prashanth Dwarakanath
System Expert
National Supercomputer Center
Linköping, Sweden

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"If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong."
-Groucho Marx
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