[ANN] JOSSO Single Sign-On 1.5 Released

The JOSSO Single Sign-on Project has released the 1.5 version which includes support for transparent cross-organization/cross-domain Single Sign-On among other features.

What's new in 1.5 :

* Fully transparent and configuration-free cross-organization/cross-domain Single Sign-On brings simplified mid-end and high-end IdM deployments.
* Supports programmatic authentication for remote SOAP clients.
* Improved protocol allows more secure SSO message exchange through out-of-band centric messaging.
* Added support in PHP and ASP interfaces for leveraging cross-organization/cross-domain SSO and programmatic authentication.
* Runs in JBoss 4.0.5.GA and 3.2.8 SP1 application servers
* Runs in Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.20+ web container
* Includes extensibility enhancements and bug fixes

Download from : http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116854

JOSSO's main features include:
* 100% Java with JDK5 compatibility
* JAAS-based Transparent Single Sign-On across multiple applications and hosts
* Built-in with a Pluggable Framework to allow the implementation of multiple authentication schemes and stores
* Provides Identity information to web applications and EJBs through the standard Servlet and EJB Security API respectively
* Supports Strong Authentication using X.509 client certificates
* Comes with a Reverse Proxy component that can be used to create n-tier Single Sign-On configurations
* Support for transparent cross-organization/cross-domain Single Sign-On.
* LDAP support for storing user information and credentials
* Microsoft Active Directory support for LDAP integration
* Database support for storing user information and credentials
* XML support for storing user information and credentials
* Avalability of Jakarta Tomcat and JBoss bundles
* Client API for PHP. This allows to build SSO-enabled PHP applications
* Client API for Microsoft ASP. This allows to build SSO-enabled ASP applications
* Support for allowing SSO Monitoring and Management through JMX
* Pluggable Event and Auditing management
* Support for clustered Single Sign-On deployments
* Compatibility with Apache Pluto Portlet Container
* Standards Based: JAAS, Web Services/SOAP, EJB, Struts, Servlet/JSP
* Commercial-Friendly. Released under the BSD License