Metadata Distribution Subcommittee of TAC

[Tom Scavo <>]

Okay, I made some edits to the new Metadata Aggregates page.
(https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/SoG8Ag) Feel free to edit further if
necessary.

Thanks,

Tom

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Tom Scavo 
<>
 wrote:
> Thanks for looking at this, Scott.
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Cantor, Scott 
> <>
>  wrote:
>> On 12/2/13, 9:12 AM, "Tom Scavo" 
>> <>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>As you've probably heard by now, Ops will roll out three new metadata
>>>aggregates on Dec 18th. Unless somebody tells me not to, I will be
>>>announcing this date to site admins later this week. That will give
>>>folks a chance to read the docs and ask questions.
>>
>> Apologies if I misunderstood something, but is the plan to immediately
>> change the certificate used to sign the "legacy" aggregate on wayf?
>
> Now that you mention it, I believe the intent was to leave the legacy
> aggregate as-is until Mar 29, at which time a redirect would be put in
> place.
>
>> I had the impression the plan wasn't to change that, but the text on the
>> new page describing the aggregates says that the legacy aggregate is
>> identical to the fallback aggregate, and that aggregate is to be signed
>> with the new cert.
>
> Hmm, I think the text on the new page is wrong. I need to go back and
> edit that page.
>
>> Basically, does the new cert hit consumers before March if they don't
>> manually change the URL, or only once the redirect is installed?
>
> Good question. I think the intent was to leave the legacy aggregate
> alone until Mar 29. I misrepresented that on the new page, which I
> will fix.
>
> Nice catch, Scott.
>
> Tom