4 This release represents a fully compatible minor update to the Shibboleth 1.0 release,
5 and is considered to be ready for production use.
7 Features and Changes in 1.2
11 New XML-based configuration format
13 Simplified logging configuration
15 Enhancements to Attribute Resolver for client-side failover and revamped JDBC connector
17 Support for file-based signing credentials
19 Per-target handling of NameIdentifiers and credential selection
24 New XML-based configuration format, with full support for mapping of URLs to
25 distinct "Shibboleth applications" with unique configuration settings
27 Revamped API with XML-based site, trust, revocation, and attribute policy metadata
28 implementations in pluggable library
30 Replacement of static SSL trust configuration with XML-based policy
32 Bug fixes to attribute handling
34 Support for Apache 2.0 has been added
36 Protocol enhancements to support 1.2 origins
38 Numerous other leaks and bugs fixed