UnConference 2008 Tuesday Lightning Talks

Topic	Speaker	Notes
An Extension to CAS and to uPortal to Sneak the Password from CAS to uPortal	Andrew Petro	Andrew Petro briefly presented this extension during a lightning talk. The extension implements remembering passwords in-memory in CAS and securely passing them to uPortal so that uPortal can use them to perform credential replay to accomplish single sign on and/or application-to-application authentication on behalf of the user.
CernunnosServlet	Andy Gherna	Andy Gherna briefly introduced the CernunnosServlet. This allows web applications to be written in Cernunnos XML similarly to the CernunnosPortlet. See the full wiki page for this extension.
Fluid	Anastasia Anastasia	Anastasia gave an update on the status of Fluid project work, and demonstrated some of the components. The Fluid wiki has lots of information.
UI Design Patterns	Allison Bloodworth	Allison gave a talk on UI design patterns and the Open Source Design Pattern Library. More information is available at the Open Source Design Pattern Library and on the Design Pattern Resources page of the Fluid wiki.
Firebug	David Beutel	David demoed the Firebug add-on for Firefox, useful for debugging HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and HTTP.
OSS Rant	Benn Oshrin	Short rant on strategizing OSS usage in Higher Ed