Middleware Announcements

[Renee Frost <>]

The latest version of the Signet Privilege Management System, v1.3.0, was released on 17-July-2008.   A component of campus middleware infrastructure that provides centralized management of user privileges across a range of applications, Signet enables consistent application of policy and business access rules across managed services and places the control of a resource in the hands of its steward.

This new version includes several significant improvements, including:

- XML import/export capability - both API and command-line tool
- Expanded API in Signet's persistence layer (database API)
- Architectural cleanup and refinements
  - Increased visibility of several APIs
  - Removed unused / unnecessary APIs
  - Simplified the object model
  - Improved persistence layer design
  - Now using C3PO DB connection pooling (like Grouper)
- Improved documentation

Detailed release notes are included on the software download page.

For more information and to download this latest release, visit:
http://signet.internet2.edu/

Development of Signet was supported with funding from Stanford University and Internet2 through their NSF Middleware Initiative (OCI-0330626 and OCI-0721896).