2008-09-18 Conference Call

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2008-09-18 Conference Call about CAS Vision and Roadmap

This is an open conference call. Notice has been sent to the JASIG CAS mailing lists. If you wish to join in on this conference call, please contact Benn Oshrin for the information.

Please be familiar with the CAS Vision and Roadmap as well as the Governance Model for the call. Also, we're putting together a document that describes the Protocol requirements.

Attendees

Agenda

  1. UnConference update (Benn)
    1. I2 attendees
    2. Roadmap
      1. Content
      2. Dependencies, ordering, priorities
    3. Protocol and Architecture changes
    4. Resources
  2. Governance Model Update (Scott)
    1. Post election next steps
  3. What are we looking for in CAS4? (Scott)
    1. Describing Protocol Needs
    2. Federation
    3. Solidifying the Roadmap
  4. Other topics as identified

Notes

  1. Discussion of Unconference discussion topics, including Shib/SAML
  2. Steering committee election update
    1. 3 people applied for the 3 elected steering committee positions
    2. The committee has directional and operational oversight, serves as an advocate for the project, and is responsible for communications into and out of the project
    3. We will still be looking for the community at large to drive discussion around the CAS roadmap, and other issues
  3. CAS4
    1. SAML vs OpenID+OAuth vs CAS3
      1. SAML does not really assert "this is person X", it is often implied in the transport or similar
      2. If we don't do SAML like Shibboleth, can we still interoperate?
        1. Generally, yes
        2. CAS, if serving as a broker, only needs to talk SAML/Shib to other Shibboleth IdPs, and not to the local SPs (ie: CAS as a protocol translator)
      3. To summarize, Shib treats people as adult enough to handle SAML/complex auth scenarios, whereas CAS assumes people do better with simple things
    2. So far, people are willing to work on
      1. Translations (7 volunteers)
      2. CAS Toolbox
      3. Federation/lightweight identity
  4. We should come up with a documentation/clean up strategy at/after the Unconference.
    1. Web site/web presence/wiki
  5. Going forward, how do we want to communicate/report project status?
    1. Email/wiki/conference calls

Action Items

  1. The JASIG board will send email announcing the new steering committee members.