[gridshib-user] Fwd: XML Daily Newslink. Tuesday, 04 March 2008

[Tom Scavo]

FYI


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From: Robin Cover <robin at oasis-open.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Subject: XML Daily Newslink. Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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XML Daily Newslink. Tuesday, 04 March 2008
 A Cover Pages Publication http://xml.coverpages.org/
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 Edited by Robin Cover

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 This issue of XML Daily Newslink is sponsored by
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 HEADLINES:

 * Eclipse Higgins Version 1.0 Supports User-Centric Identity Framework
 * Federated Identity Through the Eyes of the Deployer
 * Acid3: Putting Browser Makers on Notice, Again
 * Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8
 * GridShib SAML Tools Version 0.3.0
 * OASIS Open Reputation Management Systems (ORMS) Technical Committee
 * Element Traversal Specification

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 GridShib SAML Tools Version 0.3.0
 Staff, GridShib Project Announcement

 Developers have announced the release of GridShib SAML Tools Version
 0.3.0.  GridShib is an NSF-funded project to integrate the Globus
 Toolkit and Shibboleth. With both GridShib for Globus Toolkit and
 GridShib for Shibboleth installed, Globus Toolkit may securely request
 attributes from the Attribute Authority component of a Shibboleth
 Identity Provider. GridShib distributes four software components:
 GridShib for Globus Toolkit, GridShib for Shibboleth, GridShib
 Certificate Authority, and GridShib SAML Tools. GridShib SAML Tools
 v0.3.0 is the final release in the current development cycle, largely
 driven by the TeraGrid Science Gateway Use Case. The TeraGrid Science
 Gateway SAML extension is a software tool with a command-line interface
 (like grid-proxy-init) and a Java API that gateway developers can use
 to bind a SAML assertion to an X.509 proxy certificate. The SAML
 assertion includes end user identity and contact information that
 resource poviders can use for auditing, incident response, and access
 control. The GridShib SAML Tools require only Java 1.4 (or later) and
 Ant 1.6 (or later). Proxy certificates issued by the SAML Tools are
 compatible with GridShib for Globus Toolkit v0.6.0 Alpha (or later).
 Important new features of GridShib SAML Tools v0.3.0 include: (1)
 enhanced command-line interface; (2) new command-line options for the
 SAML Assertion Issuer Tool, including the option to output a DER-encoded
 ASN.1 structure; (3) new X.509 Binding Tool, to bind arbitrary content
 to a non-critical extension of an X.509 proxy certificate; (4) new SAML
 Security Info Tool, for examining the contents of X.509-bound SAML
 tokens; (5) expanded Java API, for producing and consuming SAML
 assertions and X.509 proxy certificates.

 http://www.gridvm.org/gridshib-saml-tools-v030.html
 See also the GridShib SAML Tools Version 0.3.0 README:
http://gridshib.globus.org/docs/gridshib-saml-tools-0.3.0/readme.html

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