X-Git-Url: http://www.project-moonshot.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME.txt;h=7a961be77ada86db8f1c15668f303630b101ae29;hb=eab3df9a887298b7e35940a7a69c155832589457;hp=5929182cb9b69da6c4f92307eef5be5a5de71336;hpb=b74591e59faaa35c9724051029bf84331134f867;p=shibboleth%2Fcpp-sp.git diff --git a/doc/README.txt b/doc/README.txt index 5929182..7a961be 100644 --- a/doc/README.txt +++ b/doc/README.txt @@ -1,48 +1,22 @@ -4/27/04 -Version 1.2 +Shibboleth is a federated web authentication and attribute exchange system +based on SAML, originally developed by Internet2 and now a product of the +Shibboleth Consortium. -Welcome to Internet2's Shibboleth - -Shibboleth is a federated authentication and authorization system based on -SAML being 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 the standard Apache 2.0 license. A wealth of information about Shibboleth can be found at -http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/ +http://shibboleth.net/ -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 (this software) in C++. Source and binary distributions are available from -http://wayf.internet2.edu/shibboleth/ - -A CVS is available for anonymous access, as described at the Shibboleth -site. Mailing lists and a bugzilla (http://bugzilla.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. +http://shibboleth.net/downloads/ -This project includes software developed by the National Research Council -of Canada. +The source is available in Git, as described in the Shibboleth +site. Mailing lists and a bug database (https://issues.shibboleth.net/) are +also available. +For basic information on building from source, using binaries, and deploying +Shibboleth, refer to the web site and Wiki for the latest documentation.