From: Scott Cantor Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:37:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update doc files X-Git-Tag: 2.5.0~1 X-Git-Url: http://www.project-moonshot.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=5fff0d523d51b96f33ff6fa4b6eca5f3d48ab9a8;p=shibboleth%2Fcpp-sp.git Update doc files --- diff --git a/doc/CREDITS.txt b/doc/CREDITS.txt index 3acafb4..cfd7705 100644 --- a/doc/CREDITS.txt +++ b/doc/CREDITS.txt @@ -10,53 +10,47 @@ Shibboleth Implementation Team Derek Atkins IHTFP Consulting, Inc - derek@ihtfp.com Scott Cantor The Ohio State University - cantor.2@osu.edu Jim Fox University of Washington - fox@washington.edu Walter Hoehn The University of Memphis - wassa@memphis.edu Chad LaJoie Itumi, LLC. - lajoie@itumi.biz Derek Morr Penn State University - dvm105@psu.edu Will Norris - will@willnorris.com Brent Putman Georgetown University - putmanb@georgetown.edu Rod Widdowson Steading Software, Inc. - rdw@steadingsoftware.com Project Management - RL "Bob" Morgan - University of Washington - rlmorgan@washington.edu - Steven Carmody Brown University - Steven_Carmody@brown.edu + + Nicole Harris + TERENA Ken Klingenstein Internet2 - kjk@internet2.edu + Thomas Lenggenhager + SWITCH + + RL "Bob" Morgan + University of Washington + http://shibboleth.net/community/news/20120717.html Thanks to: diff --git a/doc/README.txt b/doc/README.txt index 1ed2b03..08f6f38 100644 --- a/doc/README.txt +++ b/doc/README.txt @@ -1,24 +1,22 @@ -Welcome to Internet2's Shibboleth - Shibboleth is a federated web authentication and attribute exchange system -based on SAML developed by Internet2 and MACE. +based on SAML, originally developed by Internet2 and now a product of the +Shibboleth Consortium. Please review the terms described in the LICENSE.txt file before using this -code. It is now the Apache 2.0 license. +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 identity and service provider components, with the -IdP in Java and the SP in C and C++. +IdP in Java and the SP (this software) in C++. Source and binary distributions are available from -http://www.shibboleth.net/downloads/ +http://shibboleth.net/downloads/ -SVN is available for anonymous access, as described at the Shibboleth +The source is available in Subversion, as described in the Shibboleth site. Mailing lists and a bug database (https://issues.shibboleth.net/) are -also available. Not all of the lists are open, but a general support list is -available and is open. +also available. -For basic information on building from source, installing binaries, and deploying +For basic information on building from source, using binaries, and deploying Shibboleth, refer to the web site and Wiki for the latest documentation. diff --git a/doc/RELEASE.txt b/doc/RELEASE.txt index ecca1d8..ebf0725 100644 --- a/doc/RELEASE.txt +++ b/doc/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,10 +1,22 @@ -Release Notes +Shibboleth Native SP Release Notes -Shibboleth Native SP +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +This release is dedicated to our friend RL 'Bob' Morgan, who passed +in 2012, and without which the Shibboleth Project would not have come +into being. -Fix/enhancement lists: +http://shibboleth.net/community/news/20120717.html +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Fix/Enhancement Lists: https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/DEV/SPRoadmap +Important Changes: +https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPConfigurationChanges + +Feature Highlights: +https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPInterestingFeatures + NOTE: The shibboleth2.xml configuration format in this release is fully compatible with the 2.x releases, but there are significant new options available to simplify the majority of configurations. @@ -76,6 +88,7 @@ Fully Supported - General Security - Black/whitelisting of XML security algorithms (with xml-security 1.6+) - RSA and ECDSA signatures (EC requires xml-security 1.6+ and support from openssl) + - AES-GCM encryption (requires xml-security 1.7+ and support from openssl) - Metadata-based algorithm selection - Attributes @@ -120,7 +133,8 @@ Fully Supported - Support on Apache for preserving URL-encoded form data across SSO - Apache module enhancements - - "OR" coexistence with other authorization modules + - Apache 2.4 support including authz + - "OR" coexistence with other authz modules on older Apache - htaccess-based override of any valid RequestMap property - htaccess support for external access control plugins