[gridshib-announce] GridShib SAML Tools v0.2.0

[Tom Scavo]

The GridShib Project is pleased to announce the release of GridShib
SAML Tools v0.2.0, which is available now from the GridShib Downloads
page:

http://gridshib.globus.org/download.html#saml-tools

The GridShib SAML Tools, an easy-to-install, standalone software
package requiring only java and ant, let you issue or request SAML
assertions and optionally bind these assertions to X.509 proxy
certificates.  You can try an online demo of the GridShib SAML Tools
before downloading:

https://computer.ncsa.uiuc.edu/gst-demo/

Version 0.2.0 of the GridShib SAML Tools includes the following new features:

- New command-line options and configuration parameters (IdP.entityID,
authnInstant, dateTime.pattern)
- Support for multi-valued attributes
- Introducing the GridShib Security Framework
- Support for RFC3820-compliant proxy certificates
- Updated Globus SAML Library (source code included)
- Java API (gridshib-common-0_2_0.jar) for developers

See the CHANGES file for a complete list of enhancements and bug fixes:

http://viewcvs.globus.org/viewcvs.cgi/gridshib/saml/tool/java/doc/CHANGES.txt?revision=1.5&view=markup

For developers, there is a Java API (with javadoc documentation) and
sample code illustrating the use of the Security Framework.  GridShib
SAML Tools supports both the production and the consumption of
X.509-bound SAML assertions.

GridShib SAML Tools v0.2.0 is compatible with the forthcoming GridShib
for GT v0.6.0.

Tom Scavo
for the GridShib Team