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<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Dear Freegis list,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The 52°North Security & GeoRights
Management Community announces the release of the Security API track 2.0
software. This new development track contains major improvements concerning
configuration and stability. The WAS 2.0, WSS 2.0, WSC.Web 2.0 - all based on
the 2.0 API - are compatible on the service interface level with the 1.2 and
older versions of the services, but the configuration format has
changed.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The most interesting new feature is the Web
Security Service's "Multi-WSS" capability. It allows the user to protect more
than one service with a single WSS instance. Other important changes and
additions are as follows.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Web Authentication Service - WAS 2.0
</FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/2.0/index.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/was/2.0/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <BR>* no configuration is necessary,
due to a new configuration management,<BR>* the WAS protocol was extended to
provide for anonymous user login,<BR>* the login module interface is fully JAAS
compliant, <BR>* it is based on <SPAN class=550424808-16122008>the
</SPAN>52<SPAN class=550424808-16122008>N</SPAN> Security API 2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Web Security Service - WSS 2.0
</FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/2.0/index.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wss/2.0/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* no configuration is necessary,
due to a new configuration management,<BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>* the login module interface is fully JAAS compliant,<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* any number of services can be protect with one WSS
instance<BR>* it is based on <SPAN class=550424808-16122008>the
</SPAN>52<SPAN class=550424808-16122008>N</SPAN> Security API 2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Web Security Client - WSC.Web 2.0
</FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/2.0/index.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/wscweb/2.0/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>* it now processes license preconditions presented by a license enabled
WSS,<BR>* it is based on <SPAN class=550424808-16122008>the </SPAN>52<SPAN
class=550424808-16122008>N</SPAN> Security API 2.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Security API 2.0 </FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/2.0/index.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/2.0/index.html</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>* it has a completely revamped configuration, <BR></FONT><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* the authentication API is JAAS
compliant,<BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* the facade API is able
to process license preconditions,<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=DE><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* the new PDP implementation works with XACML based
SOAP service,<BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* it has an improved
ticket evaluation, due to broadened period of validity for the SAML
ticket,<BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* the WSS is now able to
embed license precondition information into the capabilities,<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* the WSS is able to protect multiple service
instances,<BR></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>* it provides an
additional web-based UI for WSS configuration using a browser.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>The community is currently working on the
next releases - the work being driven by the community's OGC OWS-6
participation. As a result, development mainly focusses on new interfaces based
on the Web Services Security SOAP standard (see </FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://oasis.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
lang=DE><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>http://oasis.org</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=DE><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>). The community is also intent upon improving the
exisiting releases, particularly in regards to the usability.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Thanks to all the developers for time spent
on the work and their inspired work!</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=550424808-16122008></SPAN><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>D<SPAN
class=550424808-16122008>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
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/mail-lists.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE><FONT 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><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
class=550424808-16122008>Security </SPAN>& GeoRM Community:
</FONT></SPAN><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=DE><FONT
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>Thanks to all the developers for time spent
on the work and their inspired work!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Best regards,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Ann Hitchcock</FONT></P></SPAN>
<P align=left><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>-----<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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