2008-12

CAS4 Blog Entries & Code

Scott Battaglia, Lead Architect of JASIG Central Authentication Service, has taken to his blog in an effort for a more transparent development process. You can find three entries related to the design, architecture, and configuration here:

• http://www.scottbattaglia.com/2008/11/18/design-decisions-part-1-sessionstorage/
• http://www.scottbattaglia.com/2008/11/21/reducing-visible-configuration-in-cas4/
• http://www.scottbattaglia.com/2008/11/25/obtaining-metadata-about-a-users-credentials/

These blog entries, in combination with the list, will be used to solicit feedback about design and extension points, as well as common use cases. We encourage you to contribute to the discussion on whichever medium suits you (either blog or mailing list).

CAS Steering Committee Update

The CAS Steering Committee continues to provide general guidance and proposals for the CAS Community. The Steering Committee is currently working on (1) suggestions for suggesting enhancements to both the CAS protocol and the CAS software and (2) guidelines for contributing to the CAS project. All CAS Steering Committee meeting announcements and notes can be found in their Wiki Space: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CASST/Home

The steering committee also hosts monthly community conference calls. Interested parties should contact Benn Oshrin or Scott Battaglia.

CAS Client for Java 3.1.5 Release

The JASIG CAS Client for Java 3.1.5 has been released. It should start appearing in the Public Maven2 repository by 12/19/2008. This release includes a fix to restore Java 1.4 JVM compile-time compatibility as well as fix the JIRA support so that it actually works.

CAS in the Wild

• The next release of Spring Security will include the JASIG CAS Client for Java 3.1.5
• CAS4 code has started to appear in the JASIG Subversion repository.

CAS Deployers

If you're a new CAS deployer, please take a moment to let us know by emailing Scott Battaglia <scott.battaglia@gmail.com>.

CAS @ the Upcoming Conference

While presentation proposals are still be drafted, we do know that there will be a Pre-Conference seminar given by Adam Rybicki, VP @ Unicon on CAS3: http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/09spring/seminars.html

Hobsons EMT Connect CRM to Include CAS Support

Hobsons's upcoming EMT Connect CRM product will include support for JASIG CAS. For more information, please see their press release: http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65159&Itemid=34