Towards virtual private grid through policy-based management

Abstract

We contribute to the current literature of grid computing research by introducing virtual private grid (VPG) concept and corresponding supporting environment, which not only deal with the grid resource management as carried out by most researches but also take into account the network security issues for grid application. We tend to promote VPG from the management point of view by exploring policy-based management method. More concern is assigned to the private part of the VPG by employing virtual private networks (VPN) technology while leaving the grid resource management to the grid tool globus. An early experiment exemplifies the current implementation status and its feasibility. We present a first step towards VPG and plenty of work is ongoing.