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Linux-Announce Digest #102
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Fri Apr 15 11:13:05 2005
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Linux-Announce Digest #102, Volume #5 Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:13:03 EDT
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DACS 1.4.2 released (Barry Brachman)
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From: Barry Brachman <brachman@dss.bc.ca>
Subject: DACS 1.4.2 released
Date: 14 Apr 2005 20:00:09 GMT
Reply-To: brachman@dss.ca
April 14, 2005
DSS is pleased to announce DACS version 1.4.2.
This release contains:
- added support for LDAP and Microsoft ADS based authentication
- improved documentation
- minor changes:
o new and renamed DACS expression functions, including ldap name parsing
o if -v and --version are given, also print module version stamps
o an initial version of WWW-Authenticate/Authorization header handling
(ACS can respond with or accept RFC 2617 headers)
o added "ndbm" storage method (includes gdbm in compatibility mode)
o added missing C/C++ bit operators for DACS expressions
- minor bug fixes
DACS is:
o a flexible and powerful role-based access control system
o a set of feature-rich authentication methods
o an Apache 2.0.X module and suite of CGI programs
o a federated identity management system (single sign-on)
o oriented towards (but not limited to) controlling access to web service
requests made using standard web browsers
o a C/C++ toolkit for building new authentication and access control
functionality into programs, whether web-based or not
o for Unix-type platforms (currently), such as Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris
DACS can help you to manage access to web resources in many situations,
whether you have just one web server, several web servers at one site, or
many web servers spread across the Internet. You may find it to be
useful simply as a universal authentication mechanism for a single Apache
server or as a full-fledged, single sign-on multi-server identity management
and access control system.
DACS 1.4.2 is released under dual licensing terms (a GPL-compatible open
source license and a commercial license).
DACS is hosted on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dacs
For more information, please visit the DACS home page at dacs.dss.ca
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** Barry Brachman, Ph.D.
** Distributed Systems Software, Inc.
** brachman@dss.ca
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