Announcing OSG Software version 3.1.17

We are pleased to announce OSG Software version 3.1.17!



This is the new OSG Software distributed via RPMs for:



* Scientific Linux 5 and 6

* CentOS 5 and 6

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6



This release affects the client, the compute element, and the storage element. Changes include:



* GSI-OpenSSH updated to version 5.6 to fix a security issue

* jGlobus updated to version 2.0.5

* VOMS 2.0.8 clients patched to support SHA-2 proxies

* Pegasus updated to version 4.2.0

* XRootD updated to version 3.3.1

* OSG-Configure bugfixes



Version 3.1.17 also contains the first release of the tarball installs for the

worker-node-client and the client. These tarballs contain a complete

installation of the client or worker-node-client software that can be installed

by an unprivileged user, or into a non-standard location such as an NFS share.



Installation guides are available at:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/InstallWNClientTarball

for the worker-node-client, and:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/InstallOSGClientTarball

for the full client.



Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:



https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release317



Need help? Let us know:



https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure



We welcome feedback on this release!



- Matyas Selmeci

OSG Software Team