WSO2 Identity Server : An open source Identity and Entitlement management server

WSO2 Identity Server v2.0.3 Release Note

24 Jan 2010

WSO2 Identity Server is an open source Identity and Entitlement management server having support for OpenID, Information Cards and XACML.

This is based on revolutionary the WSO2 Carbon framework, Middleware a la carte'.

All the major features have been developed as pluggable Carbon components.

Key Features

Entitlement Engine with XACML 2.0 support.
Claim based Security Token Service.
Extension points for SAML assertion handling.
XMPP based multi-factor authentication.
Improved User Management.
Claim Management.
User Profiles and Profile Management.
XKMS.
Separable front-end and back-end - a single front-end server can be used to administer several back-end servers.
Information Cards provider supporting Managed Information Cards backed by user name / password and self-issued cards.
Information cards support for SAML 1.1/2.0.
OpenID Provider.
Multi-factor authentication with Information Cards.

New Features In This Release

Various bug fixes and enhancements including architectural improvements to Apache Axis2, Apache Rampart, Apache Sandesha2 , WSO2 Carbon and other projects.

Reporting Problems

Issues can be reported using the public JIRA available at https://wso2.org/jira/browse/IDENTITY

Contact us

WSO2 Identity Server developers can be contacted via mailing lists:
For Users: carbon-user@wso2.org
For Developers:carbon-dev@wso2.org
For details on subscriptions see http://wso2.org/mail

Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the forums:http://www.wso2.org/forum/308

Support

We are committed to ensuring that your enterprise middleware deployment is completely supported from evaluation to production. Our unique approach ensures that all support leverages our open development methodology and is provided by the very same engineers who build the technology. For more details and to take advantage of this unique opportunity http://wso2.com/support/

For more information about WSO2 Identity Server, please see http://wso2.org/projects/identity or visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank developer portal for addition resources.

Thank you for your interest in WSO2 Identity Server.

-The WSO2 Identity Server Development Team