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In particular, we are interested in re-engineering the current reverse traceroute script to support the PerfSONAR MP standards.
Goals
- Set up a reverse traceeroute server at the site to understand the functionality etc.
- Understand the security aspects of CGI coding
- Decompose and classify the security requirements of the above
- Understand XML and related technologies such as XPath, XQuery, XUpdate in the context of Perl
- Understand and contribute to the NMWG XML specifications
- Create a Perl-based HTTP/SOAP Server which contains the PerfSONAR MP Service
- Create business logic, based on the incoming NMWG/XML document to instantiate the necessary ping/traceroute with serious considerations of the security aspects as defined above.
- Understand, and use the functionality of existing Perl code (Object Orientated) to analyse the output of the test.
- Return NMWG compliant XML to the user of the decomposed results of the test.
- Create and thouroughly test a installation method using Makefiles.
- Help to integrate into the Internet2 Live CD distribution
- Documentation for both developers and end-users
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