Pros and Cons of Running CA

Pros:

• No need to wait on a CA to sign your certificates.
• Central management; since the CA administrator will be in charge of the host certificates anyways, it make sense that s/he has control over the issuing of those certificates. This simplifies the Globus certificate administrator's job.

Cons:

• Others must install your CA's certificate to be able to access your resources on the grid. (Although, this is a very simple procedure.) See Section 4 for details on how to install the IUCS CA.