X-Git-Url: http://www.project-moonshot.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME.txt;h=4837e1b1bcf73394eb7782b1b61d31937d481472;hb=1f897a4f86419f5f122bb44f202c359865649dd5;hp=5c4a996875b87434b66d04ef606e4de43d5bed6c;hpb=6b6eda8fa416b291fb42bf7a7ed69c47aace890b;p=shibboleth%2Fsp.git diff --git a/doc/README.txt b/doc/README.txt index 5c4a996..4837e1b 100644 --- a/doc/README.txt +++ b/doc/README.txt @@ -1,47 +1,28 @@ -11/15/04 -Version 1.2.1 +January 23, 2007 +Version 2.0RC1 Welcome to Internet2's Shibboleth -Shibboleth is a federated authentication and authorization system based on -SAML being developed by Internet2 and MACE. +Shibboleth is a federated web authentication and attribute exchange system +based on SAML developed by Internet2 and MACE. -Please review the terms described in the LICENSE file before using this -code. It is similar to the Apache 1.1 license. +Please review the terms described in the LICENSE.txt file before using this +code. It is now the Apache 2.0 license. A wealth of information about Shibboleth can be found at http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/ -Shibboleth is divided into both origin and target side components, with the -origin in Java and the target in C and C++. Some target functionality can be -used from Java with additional programming. +Shibboleth is divided into identity and service provider components, with the +IdP in Java and the SP in C and C++. Source and binary distributions are available from -http://wayf.internet2.edu/shibboleth/ +http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/downloads/ -A CVS is available for anonymous access, as described at the Shibboleth -site. Mailing lists and a bugzilla (http://bugzilla.internet2.edu/) are also +SVN is available for anonymous access, as described at the Shibboleth +site. Mailing lists and a bug database (https://bugs.internet2.edu/) are also available. Not all of the lists are open, but a general support list is available and is open. -For basic information on installing binaries and deploying Shibboleth, see the -Deploy Guides in this directory. For source build assistance, see the -INSTALL.txt file. - -Acknowledgements: ------------------ - -We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that make up -portions of this software: - -This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project -for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/). - -This product includes software developed by the Apache Software -Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). - -This project uses libraries covered by the Lesser GNU Public License. -Source code for these libraries is available on request. - -This project includes software developed by the National Research Council -of Canada. +For basic information on installing binaries and deploying Shibboleth, refer +to the web site and Wiki for the latest documentation. For source build assistance, +see the INSTALL.txt file and the Wiki.