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<DIV><SPAN class=591003207-10062009><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>*** Sorry
for any crosspostings ***</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=591003207-10062009><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Dear
List,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=591003207-10062009><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT size=2>52°North's Security & GeoRM
Community announces the release of the Security API Version 2.0.2! The major
improvement of this release is the preparataion of the WSS implementation to
support HTTP Basic Authentication as an alternate protocol, making the use of
the facade webapp obsolete. This feature will be available in the upcoming Web
Security Service (WSS) 2.1.<BR><BR>The Security API 2.0.2 fixes the following
bugs:</FONT></DIV></FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 154: Empty fields in WSS Management
Application yield exception </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 192: Enable WSS to act as an HTTP
Authentication-enabled security client </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 225: Show available
URLs/authentication schemes for enforcement points in WSS mgmt app
</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 226: Exception when name for new
enforcement point is already assigned by another enforcement point
</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 227: Exception if specified protected
service url is not a valid url </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 228: WSS management app shows stack
trace if no interceptor was selected</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 229: Error when applying changes of
WSS configuration if all enforcement points were removed </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 234: Make Transferable's attribute
lookup case-insensitive </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Bug 235: Provide AuthenticationScheme
that requires no authentication at all </FONT></LI></UL>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Please note that this is just a release of
the API modules. The applications based on this API -- WAS, WSS, and WSC.Web --
have yet to be updated.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>More information <A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/2.0/index.html">http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/2.0/index.html</A></FONT><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Download </FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/common/download.html">http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/api/common/download.html</A></FONT><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Security & GeoRM Community Website <A
href="http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/index.html">http://52north.org/maven/project-sites/security/index.html</A></FONT><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>-----<BR><BR>Dipl.-Geogr. Ann
Hitchcock<BR>52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software
GmbH<BR>Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24<BR>48155 Muenster<BR>Germany<BR><BR>Tel.: +49
(0)251 74 74- 520<BR>Fax: +49 (0)251 74 74-
530<BR><BR>hitchcock@52north.org<BR><A
href="http://www.52north.org/">www.52north.org</A> </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>General Managers: Dr. Albert
Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk<BR>Local Court Muenster HRB
10849</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>