NASA’s Next Generation Time-Domain and Multimessenger Alert System
A service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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GCN Classic | GCN Classic over Kafka | |
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NO. Users need to contact administrator in order to make account and subscription changes | YES. Manage your own account and subscription settings through the web site |
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NO. Notices are sent using three custom protocols | YES. Notices are sent using one standard protocol, Apache Kafka |
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NO. Custom software needed to receive notices | YES. Receive notices using open-source software |
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NO. Notices are broadcast by a single server | YES. Notices are broadcast by a cluster of highly-available Kafka brokers in the cloud |
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NO. Notices are sent as plaintext | YES. Notices are protected with SSL/TLS |
Web site: https://gcn.nasa.gov
This presentation: https://nasa-gcn.github.io/gcn-presentation/