By: Farnaz Zeidi
M.Sc. student in Information Technology,
Mazandaran University of Science and Technology (MUST),
Babol, Mazandaran, IRAN
F.zeidi@ustmb.ac.ir
Supervisor: Hadi Salimi
February 2011
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Outline
● Standards for Application Developers
The purpose :
● Standards for Messaging
Is to ensure uniform, consistent, high-quality software
●solutions.
Standards for Security
● Standards Groups
Browsers (Ajax)
● Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
Data (XML, JSON)
●Solution
Recommendations
Stacks (LAMP and LAPP)
● Refrence
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Standards for Application Developers(Cont’d)
Browsers (Ajax)
Its predecessor AJAX (Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML).
A web application can request only
the content that needs to be updated.
 This greatly reduces networking
bandwidth usage and page load times.
Use in interactive animation on web
pages.
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Standards for Application Developers(Cont’d)
Data (XML, JSON)
XML(Extensible Markup Language)
•Usually combination with other standards.
•Define the content of a document separately.
JSON(JavaScript Object Notation)
•A lightweight computer data interchange format
•Is specified in Internet Engineering
•Request for Comment (RFC)
•Independent data format
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Standards for Application Developers(Cont’d)
Solution Stacks (LAMP and LAPP)
LAMP
The acronym Linux,Apache,MySQL, and PHP
(or Perl or Python)
Open source nature, low cost, and the wide
distribution of its components
Used to
•Run dynamic web sites and servers.
•Development and deployment of highperformance web applications.
•Define a web server infrastructure.
•Creating a programming environment for
developing software.
LAPP
•It is more powerful than LAMP stack
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Outline
● Standards for Application Developers
The purpose :
 Standards
for Messaging
Standards
for message
that is a unit of
information
thatfor
is moved
from one place to
● Standards
Security
another
● Standards Groups
Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
● Some
Activities
Cloud Computing
Post
Office
Protocol in
(POP)
Standardization
Internet
Messaging Access Protocol
(IMAP)
● Recommendations
Syndication (Atom, Atom Publishing
● Refrence
Protocol, and RSS)
Communications (HTTP, SIMPLE, and
XMPP)
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Standards for Messaging (Cont’d)
Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
•SMTP is usually used for:
•Sending a message from a workstation to a mail server.
•Or communications between mail servers.
•Client must have a constant connection to the host to receive
SMTP messages.
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Standards for Messaging (Cont’d)
Post Office Protocol (POP)
•Purpose is to download messages from a server.
•This allows a server to store messages until a client connects
and requests them.
•Once the client connects, POP servers begin to download
the messages and subsequently delete them from the server
Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP)
•IMAP allows messages to be kept on the server.
•But viewed as though they were stored locally.
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Standards for Messaging (Cont’d)
Syndication (Atom & Atom Publishing Protocol, and RSS)
RSS
•The acronym “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site
Summary”.
•Used to publish frequently updated works—such as news
headlines
•RSS is a family of web feed formats
Atom & Atom Publishing Protocol
•The Atom format was developed as an alternative to RSS
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Standards for Messaging (Cont’d)
Communications (HTTP, SIMPLE, and XMPP)
HTTP
•The acronym “Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
•HTTP is a request/response standard between a client and a
server
•For distributed, collaborative,hypermedia information
systems.
XMPP(Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)
•Used for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging and
prsence information.
•XMPP remains the core protocol of the Jabber Instant
Messaging and Presence technology
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Standards for Messaging (Cont’d)
Communications (HTTP, SIMPLE,
and XMPP)
SIMPLE
•Session Initiation Protocol for Instant
Messaging and Presence Leveraging
Extensions
•For registering for presence
information and receiving
notifications.
•It is also used for sending short
messages and managing a session of
realtime messages between two or
more participants.
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Outline
The purpose :
Standards for Application Developers
● Standards
for Messaging
Security standards
define the processes, procedures, and
practices necessary
for implementing a security program.
● Standards
for Security
SAML
● Standards Groups
OAuth
● Some
Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
OpenID
SSL/TLS
● Recommendations
● Refrence
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Standards for Security(Cont’d)
SAML
•Standard for communicating authentication, authorization, and
attribute information among online partners.
•It allows businesses to securely send assertions between
partners.
•SAML protocol refers to what is transmitted, not how it is
transmitted.
•Three types of statements are provided by SAML:
authentication statements, attribute statements, and
authorization decision statements
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Standards for Security(Cont’d)
OAuth(Open Authentication)
•OAuth is a method for publishing and interacting with
protected data.
•For developers, OAuth provides users access to their
data .
•OAuth allows users to grant access to their.
•OAuth by itself provides no privacy at all and depends on
other protocols such as SSL .
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Standards for Security(Cont’d)
OpenID
•OpenID is an open, decentralized standard for user
authentication.
•And allows users to log on to many services using the
same digital identity.
•It is a single-sign-on (SSO) method of access control.
SSL/TLS
•TLS or its predecessor SSL
•To provide security and data integrity for
communications.
•To prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message
forgery.
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Outline
Standards for Application Developers
● Standards for Messaging
● Standards for Security
● Standards Groups
● Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
● of Open Standards
● Recommendations
● Refrence
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Standards Groups (Cont’d)
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Standards Groups (Cont’d)
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Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
Open Grid Forum (OGF)
Open Cloud Consortium (OCC)
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards (OASIS)
TM Forum
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Object Management Group (OMG)
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Standards Groups (Cont’d)
Which Organizations doing What?
SaaS
PaaS
Provisioning
IaaS
DaaS
OGF/DMTF
SNIA
Metering and
Billing
SNIA
Security
OGF/DMTF/
CSA
SNIA (IETF)
DMTF
SNIA
Privacy
Quality of
Service
Identity
OASIS
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Standards Groups (Cont’d)
Which Organizations doing What?
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
DaaS
Client
Application
Interface
Development
Platform
Virtual
Machine
Interface
DMTF
Data Storage
Interface
SNIA
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Outline
Open Grid Forum (OGF)
– Open Cloud Computing Interface, an API for managing cloud
● Standards
computing infrastructure
for Application Developers
●
Standards for Messaging
●
Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
Open Cloud
Standards Incubator focuses on tandardising
of –Open
Standards
interactions between cloud environments by developing resource
Recommendations
management protocols, packaging formats and security
mechanisms.
Refrence
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
● Standards
for Security
– Open Virtualisation
Format Standard describes an open,
secure,portable,
efficient, extensible format for packaging and
● Standards
Groups
distribution of virtual appliances and applications
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Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
– Best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud
computing
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
– Looks at commercial trend towards cloud computing with
particular emphasis on ubiquitous network access to scalable
computing storage resource and IaaS delivery model
 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
– Developed a working definition of cloud computing
Object Management Group (OMG)
– Focus on modeling deployment of applications & services on
cloud for portability, interoperability & reuse
 Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
– Cloud Data Management Interface, an architecture standard that
allows for interoperable cloud storage zmplementation from cloud
service providers and storage vendors
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
Template
[Common name of organization, consortium, group]
Summary
Full name of (standards) body / group
[full name]
Membership
[short description of who is participating]
Website
[official website]
Activities
Summary of activities
[outline of activities, ToR]
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
DMTF
Open Cloud Standards Incubator
Template
DMTF Open Cloud Standards Incubator
Summary
Full name of (standards) body / group
Distributed Management Task Force: Open
Cloud Standards Incubator
Membership
DMTF members
Website
http://www.dmtf.org/about/cloud-incubator/
Activities
Summary of activities
DMTF’s Open Cloud Standards Incubator
focuses on standardizing interactions
between cloud environments by developing
cloud resource management protocols,
packaging formats and security mechanisms
to facilitate interoperability.
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
Template
Cloud Computing Use Cases Group
Summary
Full name of (standards) body / group
Cloud Computing Use Cases Group
Membership
collaboration of cloud consumers and cloud
vendors
Website
http://groups.google.com/group/cloudcomputing-use-cases
Activities
Summary of activities
This group exists to define use cases for cloud
computing.
- Definitions and Taxonomy
- Use Case Scenarios
- Customer Scenarios
- Developer Requirements
- Security Scenarios
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
Template
CSA
Summary
Full name of (standards) body / group
Cloud Security Alliance
Membership
Individuals (via LinkedIn Group,
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1864210),
Affiliates (Not-for-profit associations and industry
groups), 40+ Corporate Members
Website
http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/
Activities
Summary of activities
The Cloud Security Alliance is a non-profit
organization formed to promote the use of best
practices for providing security assurance within
Cloud Computing, and provide education on the
uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other
forms of computing.
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
Template
KCSA
Summary
Full name of (standards) body / group
Korea Cloud Service Association
Membership
Website
http://www.kcsa.or.kr/index.jsp
Activities
Summary of activities
1. Create demand of Cloud service
2. Create Cloud service activation framework and
its environments
3. Disseminate and promote Cloud service to
public sectors
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
Template
DMTF VMAN Initiative
Summary
Full name of (standards) body / group
Distributed Management Task Force: Virtualization
Management Initiative
Membership
DMTF members: Technology vendors, government
organizations
Website
http://www.dmtf.org/initiatives/vman_initiative/
Activities
Summary of activities
DMTF’s Virtualization Management Initiative (VMAN)
includes a set of specifications that address the
management lifecycle of a virtual environment.
VMAN’s OVF (Open Virtualization Format)
specification provides a standard format for
packaging and describing virtual machines and
applications for deployment across heterogeneous
virtualization platforms. VMAN’s profiles standardize
many aspects of the operational management of a
heterogeneous virtualized environment.
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
DMTF’s Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
First industry standard to enable interoperability within virtualized
environments.
Benefits:
a) Improves your user experience with streamlined installations
b) Offers customers virtualization platform independence and
flexibility
c) Creates complex pre-configured multi-tiered services more
easily
d) Efficiently delivers enterprise software through portable virtual
machines
e) Offers platform-specific enhancements and easier adoption of
advances in virtualization through extensibility
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Some Activities in Cloud Computing Standardization
(Cont’d)
The key properties of the OVF:
Optimized for distribution
Supports both single VM and multiple-VM configurations.
Vendor and platform independent
Extensible
Localizable
Open standard
Security
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Conclusion & Recommendations
Working with Cloud standards groups
and providers, develop a plan for
creating demos, test-beds, and
reference implementations.
Document standards requirements
and specifications.
Verify that standards and innovative
capabilities satisfy specifications and
can be deployed by government
projects .
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Refrence
DMTF Informational , Interoperable Clouds , A
White Paper from the Open Cloud Standards
Incubator, 2009-11-11, : DSP-IS0101
Rittinghouse, Jon W.;Ransome,James F.,"
Cloud Computing mplementation, Management,
and Security",2010
Mr. Krunal D. Trivedi, Mr. Kamaljit I. Lakhtaria,
Mrs. Palak R. Shah,Dr.N.J.Patel,” Analyzing
Horizontal Integration among Soa, Cloud
Computing and Grid Computing”, Global Journal
of Computer Science and Technology Vol. 10
Issue 7 Ver. 1.0 September 2010, P a g e 81
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Refrence
Roy T.Fielding, “Architectural Styles and the Design of
Network-Based Software rchitectures,” dissertation,
University of California, Irvine, 2000
Mr. Krunal D. Trivedi1, Mr. Kamaljit I. Lakhtaria2, Mrs.
Palak R. Shah3,Dr.N.J.Patel4 , Analyzing Horizontal
Integration among Soa, Cloud Computing and Grid
Computing, Global Journal of Computer Science and
Technology, Vol. 10 Issue 7 Ver. 1.0 September 2010 ,P
a g e 81
http://cloudstandards.org
http://federalcloudcomputing.wik.is/@api/deki/files/105/
=Mell_Cloud_Standards_Roadmap.pdf
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Refrence
The Cloud Security Alliance.
http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org.
The DMTF Open Virtualization Format.
www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/D
SP0243_1.0.0.pdf.
The OGF Open Cloud Computing Interface.
http://www.occi-wg.org/doku.php.
The SNIA Cloud Data Management Interface.
http://www.snia.org/cloud.
http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org
http://www.kcsa.or.kr/index.jsp
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