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The 2.0.2 release of the Guanxi Service Provider Engine is now available.

Release 2.0.3 of the Guanxi IdP is now available

Release 2.0.2 of the Guanxi IdP is now available

The next generation of Guanxi has now been released. This 2.0.0 set of releases includes major upgrades to the infrastructure and build systems of the IdP, Engine and Guard. All Guanxi modules are fully compatible with Internet2 Shibboleth reference implementations of the Shibboleth SAML Profile.
Guanxi is also fully compatible with the UK Access Management Federation and OpenAthens.

Full details on the Guanxi Shibboleth implementation can be found at the following site:... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, codename "haggis", marks the birth of Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns.... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, codename "samhradh", marks the start of summer (almost) up here.... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release is a minor bugfix release for the IdP to fix a problem with non passive logout.... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release contains the following:

Guanxi::IdP - The Identity Provider v1.4.1
Guanxi::SP - The Service Provider v1.3.3 ... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release contains the following:

Guanxi::IdP - The Identity Provider v1.4.0
Guanxi::SP - The Service Provider v1.3.2
Guanxi::WAYF - The Service Provider v1.2.7 ... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release contains the following:

Guanxi::IdP - The Identity Provider v1.3.0
Guanxi::SP - The Service Provider v1.3.0
Guanxi::WAYF - The Service Provider v1.2.6... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, codename "midgie", is in honour of the wee beastie of the Scottish Highlands that keep the developers indoors and coding. The midigie is a wee thing to look at but it packs a big punch, mirroring this release of the Guanxi system. A small update to the IdP while the SP is updated with major SSL and profile functionality. ... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, codename "bigyin" is in honour of the Guanxi Team's favourite comedian, Billy Connolly, who has kept the team sane during long nights of debugging and development.... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, codename Rabble in honour of Robert Burns, the Scottish national poet, includes the following: ... read more

SAMUEL stands for [SAM]l [U]sed in [EL]earning and is a partial implementation of the OASIS SAML 1.1 specification.
It's a standalone module, developed as part of the Guanxi project and is used to SAML enable applications. It's
self contained in that is also includes XML utilities.

This minor release, 1.2.2, is stable and changes the package naming to all be lower case.

Changelog from 1.2.0 to 1.2.2
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SAMUEL... read more

SAMUEL stands for [SAM]l [U]sed in [EL]earning and is a partial implementation of the OASIS SAML 1.1 specification.
It's a standalone module, developed as part of the Guanxi project and is used to SAML enable applications. It's
self contained in that is also includes XML utilities.

This minor release, 1.2.1, is stable and replaces two corrupt jars.

Changelog from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1

SAMUEL

Replaced xercesImpl.jar as old jar was corrupt.... read more

SAMUEL stands for [SAM]l [U]sed in [EL]earning and is a partial implementation of the OASIS SAML 1.1 specification.
It's a standalone module, developed as part of the Guanxi project and is used to SAML enable applications. It's
self contained in that is also includes XML utilities.

This release, 1.2.0, is stable and adds important new features to the toolkit.

Changelog from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication and authorization services [AA]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function. gx_lib is a package of libs needed to support the guanxi and samuel packages. ... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, 1.2.0, is a significant upgrade and stable and includes new features in all three components, including the IdP, the WAYF and Common. ... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, 1.1.1, is stable and includes new DSA signing support in the IdP available under the 1.1.0 Samuel release.... read more

SAMUEL stands for [SAM]l [U]sed in [EL]earning and is a partial implementation of the OASIS SAML 1.1 specification.
It's a standalone module, developed as part of the Guanxi project and is used to SAML enable applications. It's
self contained in that is also includes XML utilities.

This release, 1.1.0, is stable and adds important DSA signing support to the toolkit.

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, 1.1.0, includes the following:

Guanxi::IdP - ARPEngine added.... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function. gx_lib is a package of libs needed to support the guanxi and samuel packages.... read more

SAMUEL stands for [SAM]l [U]sed in [EL]earning and is a partial implementation of the OASIS SAML 1.1 specification.
It's a standalone module, developed as part of the Guanxi project and is used to SAML enable applications. It's
self contained in that is also includes XML utilities.

This release, 1.0.0, is stable and has been successfully deployed in several institutions in the UK for production service. It has already been tied into the Bodington VLE and is available in the latest release of that software for an easily deployed testbed of Shibboleth for elearning. More information on some of the related items can be found at the following urls: ... read more

Guanxi is a Java application which supports federated authentication, authorization and accounting services [AAAS]. It includes OS implementations of the SAML specification and the Shibboleth extended profile specification for the IdP, as well as other functions which support Shibboleth in applications which require local accounts to function.

This release, 1.0.0, is stable and has been successfully deployed in several institutions in the UK for production service. It has already been tied into the Bodington VLE and is available in the latest release of that software for an easily deployed testbed of Shibboleth for elearning. More information on some of the related items can be found at the following urls:... read more