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Linux-Announce Digest #288
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Linux-Announce Digest #288, Volume #5 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:13:04 EST
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DACS 1.4.8 released (Barry Brachman)
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (paulf)
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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:03:00 -0600
From: Barry Brachman <brachman@dss.bc.ca>
Subject: DACS 1.4.8 released
Reply-To: brachman@dss.ca
November 18, 2005
DSS is pleased to announce DACS version 1.4.8.
This is primarily a bug fix and minor enhancements release.
Because DACS is security software, all users are advised to upgrade.
News
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The major change is the new dacscheck(1) command, which we believe will
open DACS up to many developers and new uses. It provides simplified,
platform-independent, general-purpose access to the DACS access control rule
evaluation engine. This feature can be used by any virtually *any*
application, script (Perl, PHP, shell, etc.), server software, or CGI program
to make data-driven access control decisions rather than program-driven ones.
dacscheck can be used by itself and does not depend on any other DACS programs,
web services, or even a web server. Simply install it and start to use it.
Please refer to the manual page for details and examples
(http://dacs.dss.bc.ca/man/dacscheck.1.html).
Other changes of note:
- many bug fixes and documentation revisions and improvements
- upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.8a
- new configuration directives for password constraints
- fixes for Cygwin
About DACS
==========
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 able to apply coarse-grained access control to web service requests made
using standard web browsers
o able to provide fine-grained access control functionality to almost any
program or script
o a collection of web services that can provide access control and identity
management functionality to your middleware
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
With Apache, DACS can help 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 1.4.8 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 http://dacs.dss.ca
--
** Barry Brachman, Ph.D.
** Distributed Systems Software, Inc.
** brachman@dss.ca
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From: paulf@quillandmouse.com (paulf)
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:01:11 -0600
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
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ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
28 November 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
J. J. Rohrer
Sterling Square
600 First Ave North
St Petersburg, FL 33701
See http://maps.google.com/maps?q=600+First+Ave+N,+Saint+Petersburg,+FL&spn=0.017456,0.027210&hl=en
for map.
BRANDON **************************************************
1 December 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
3 December 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
DUNEDIN **************************************************
10 December 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library
Community Room A or B (see notice on site)
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
TAMPA ****************************************************
13 December 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second TUESDAY of each month)
Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
Technology Bldg, Rm 426
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
20 December 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Tuesday of each month)
Sarasota Commerce Center II
Conference Room, left inside main entrance
101 Arthur Anderson Pkwy
Sarasota, FL 34232
See http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=101+Arthur+Anderson+Parkway,+Sarasota,+FL+34232
for a map.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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