6/1/03
Version 1.0

This is the fourth major public release of code for the Shibboleth project,
and the first to be considered ready for production use.

Features and Changes

Origin

New OpenSAML jarfile (see OpenSAML NEWS file)

Rewritten Attribute Resolver system in AA to support easy
addition of attributes at runtime, and simpler development
of alternate attribute sources using Java.

Bug fixes to attribute-specific queries

Support for SAML authentication method


Target

Revamped security layer with XML-based trust metadata

Support for runtime refreshing of metadata from multiple sources

Command-line tool to download and verify metadata files

Bug fixes to attribute handling

Support for contact information in error pages

Fixes to handling of Unicode characters

Support for alternate session backing stores
(MySQL version shipped separately due to licensing)