| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 245, 2020
24th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2019)
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| Article Number | 04031 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | 4 - Data Organisation, Management and Access | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024504031 | |
| Published online | 16 November 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024504031
Third-party transfers in WLCG using HTTP
1
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
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INFN
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University of Manchester
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Morgridge Institute for Research
* e-mail: bbockelman@morgridge.org
Published online: 16 November 2020
Since its earliest days, the Worldwide LHC Computational Grid (WLCG) has relied on GridFTP to transfer data between sites. The announcement that Globus is dropping support of its open source Globus Toolkit (GT), which forms the basis for several FTP client and servers, has created an opportunity to reevaluate the use of FTP. HTTP-TPC, an extension to HTTP compatible with WebDAV, has arisen as a strong contender for an alternative approach.
In this paper, we describe the HTTP-TPC protocol itself, along with the current status of its support in different implementations, and the interoperability testing done within the WLCG DOMA working group’s TPC activity. This protocol also provides the first real use-case for token-based authorisation for this community. We will demonstrate the benefits of such authorisation by showing how it allows HTTP-TPC to support new technologies (such as OAuth, OpenID Connect, Macaroons and SciTokens) without changing the protocol. We will also discuss the next steps for HTTP-TPC and the plans to use the protocol for WLCG transfers.
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