Globus binary distributions for Suse Linux

GT4.0 is a open source software toolkit used for building grids.

The LRZ provides binary packages for some OS versions of Suse Linux. Packages for other distributions you can find on the web site of the Globus Alliance.

Data privacy protection information - transmission of data to the USA

Starting with version GT 3.9.5 the Globus Toolkit contains functions for the transfer of person related usage informations to the Globus Alliance. The Leibniz Computing Centre (LRZ) ist not producer of this software, but solely distributes it. Since the LRZ wants to provide the software in its original configuration without limitations in the functionality, the usage data transfer function is included unchanged. The LRZ does not know, to which of the development sites incoporated in the Globus Alliance the data is transferred. As far as the LRZ knows, data is transferred by the following GT components:

Java Core
WS GRAM
RFT
GridFTP
RLS

Transferred data is inter alia (as far as we know):

from all components:
- Component identifier
- Usage data format identifier
- Time stamp
- Source IP address
- Source hostname
from WS GRAM (at the end of each job):
- job creation timestamp
- scheduler type (Fork, PBS, LSF, Condor, etc...)
- jobCredentialEndpoint, fileStageIn, fileStageOut, fileCleanUp present in RSL flag
- CleanUp-Hold requested flag
- job type (Single, Multiple, MPI, or Condor)
- gt2 error code and fault class name if job failed
from RFT (at the end of the lifetime of the RFT resource):
- Total number of files transferred by RFT since RFT was installed
- Total number of bytes transferred by RFT since RFT was installed
- Total number of files transferred in this RFT Resource
- Total number of bytes transferred in this RFT Resource
- Creation time of this RFT Resource
- Factory Start Time
from GridFTP (at the end of every data transfer):
- Start and end time of the transfer
- Version string of the server
- TCP buffer and block size used for the transfer
- Total number of bytes transferred
- Number of parallel streams used for the transfer
- Number of stripes used for the transfer
- Type of transfer (STOR, RETR, LIST)
- FTP response code
from the RLS server (at startup, shutdown and every 24 hours):
- Version number
- Uptime
- LRC service indicator, RLI service indicator
- Number of LFNs, PFNs, Mappings
- Number of RLI LFNs, LRCs, senders, mappings
- Number of threads
- Number of connections

The default transfers the data to usage-stats.globus.org via Port 4180. The transmission of usage data can be disabled as follows:

for the Java components:
In the file $GLOBUS_LOCATION/etc/globus_wsrf_core/server-config.wsdd in section <globalConfiguration> delete the parameter usage-stats.globus.org:4810.
for the C components:
Assign the value 1 to the environment variable GLOBUS_USAGE_OPTOUT.

The LRZ does not guarantee that these measures suggested by the Globus Alliance lead to a complete prevention of usage data transmission.

For further informations about the tranfer of usage data please refer to usage statistics collection web page of the Globus Alliance.

Since a transfer of data from Germany to the USA is not regularly covered by German data privacy protection regulation or by the "safe harbour agreement", resp., you have to confirm prior to the download that you have taken notice of these informations. If you do not confirm this, due to legal reasons a download is not possible from our web page.

For possible damages of every kind, which might emerge from the use of this software, the LRZ can not be held responsible.