4 This is the fourth major public release of code for the Shibboleth project,
5 and the first to be considered ready for production use.
11 New OpenSAML jarfile (see OpenSAML NEWS file)
13 Rewritten Attribute Resolver system in AA to support easy
14 addition of attributes at runtime, and simpler development
15 of alternate attribute sources using Java.
17 Bug fixes to attribute-specific queries
19 Support for SAML authentication method
24 Revamped security layer with XML-based trust metadata
26 Support for runtime refreshing of metadata from multiple sources
28 Command-line tool to download and verify metadata files
30 Bug fixes to attribute handling
32 Support for contact information in error pages
34 Fixes to handling of Unicode characters
36 Support for alternate session backing stores
37 (MySQL version shipped separately due to licensing)