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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Dear
freegis list,</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>52°North's Security & GeoRights
Management Community announces the final releases of the Security API track
1.2.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The Security API track 1.2 - the basis for
the WAS, WSS, and WSC.Web 1.2 versions - has finally been released one and a
half years after the first release candidate. This 1.2 release "family"
consolidates the development work of the past few years. The following features
are now included in the applications and API.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The Web Authentication Service - WAS 1.2
</FONT></SPAN><A
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html"><U
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html
face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/1.2/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* now uses default values for empty
or missing configuration parameters,<BR>* is based on the 52N Security API
1.2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The Web Security Service - WSS 1.2
</FONT></SPAN><A
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html"><U
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html
face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/1.2/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* now uses default values for empty
or missing configuration parameters,<BR>* is based on the 52N Security API
1.2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>WSC.Web 1.2 </FONT></SPAN><A
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html"><U
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html
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size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/1.2/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* has undergone major changes to
the underlying API,<BR>* is based on the 52N Security API 1.2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The Security API 1.2 </FONT></SPAN><A
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html"><U
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html
color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html
face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/1.2/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* allows configuration files for
WAS and WSS to work with default values for selected properties if they are
missing,<BR>* provides a new PDP implementation
(PermissionCollectionPDP).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The community has decided to
freeze development, aside from major bug fixes, in this track and to concentrate
on developing the Security API 2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=567144608-16122008></SPAN><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>D<SPAN
class=567144608-16122008>ownload: <A
href="http://52north.org/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=73&task=viewcategory&catid=9">http://52north.org/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=73&task=viewcategory&catid=9</A></SPAN><BR>Security
mailing lists: </FONT></SPAN><A
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html"><U
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html
color=#0000ff><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html
color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html><A
title="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.htmlSecurity http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html"
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.htmlSecurity"><FONT
title="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.htmlSecurity http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html"
face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><BR></A><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=123324308-16122008>Security </SPAN>& GeoRM Community:
</FONT></FONT></SPAN><U
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/ color=#0000ff><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/ color=#0000ff><SPAN
lang=DE title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/><FONT
title=http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/ face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security">http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security</A></FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
lang=DE>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Many thanks to the developers!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Best regards,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT size=2>Ann Hitchcock<!-- Converted from text/plain format --></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>-----<BR><BR>Dipl.-Geogr. Ann
Hitchcock<BR>52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software
GmbH<BR>Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24<BR>48155
Münster<BR>Germany<BR><BR>Geschäftsführer: Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas
Wytzisk<BR>Amtsgericht Münster HRB 10849<BR><BR>Tel.: +49 (0)251 74 74-
520<BR>Fax: +49 (0)251 74 74-
530<BR><BR>hitchcock@52north.org<BR>www.52north.org
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