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MUNGE (MUNGE Uid 'N' Gid Emporium) is an authentication service
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for creating and validating credentials. It is designed to be
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highly scalable for use in an HPC cluster environment. It allows
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a process to authenticate the UID and GID of another local or
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remote process within a group of hosts having common users and
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groups. These hosts form a security realm that is defined by a
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shared cryptographic key. Clients within this security realm can
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create and validate credentials without the use of root
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privileges, reserved ports, or platform-specific methods.
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