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+Shibboleth 2.0 Beta 2 (19-Nov-2007)
+The following functionality is available in this release:
+* Authentication
+ - Remote User based authentication
+ - Username/Password based authentication using JAAS modules
+
+* Profiles
+ - Shibboleth SSO, SAML 1 Attribute Query, SAML 1 Artifact Resolution, SAML 2 SSO,
+ SAML 2 Attribute Query and SAML 2 Artifact Resolution
+
+* Security
+ - Security policy code for:
+ * message issue instant checking
+ * message replay detection
+ * SAML protocol messages with digital signatures
+ * SSL/TLS client cert authentication
+ * SAML SimpleSign messages
+ - Digital signing of assertions
+ - Encrypted NameID and Assertions
+ - Reading of inline and filesystem-resident cryptographic credentials
+
+* Attributes
+ - Static, LDAP, and relational database data connectors
+ - Simple, principal name, authentication method, scoped, scriptlet, mapped, template,
+ and transient ID attribute definitions
+ - Direct and transient principal connectors
+ - SAML 1 Attribute and NameIdentifier and SAML 2 Attribute and NameID attribute encoders
+ - Attribute filter policy functions of: AND, OR, NOT, ANY, Attribute requester, issuer,
+ value, principal name, authentication method string and regular expression matching,
+ sciptlet, number of values, and attribute request and issuer in SAML metadata group
+
+* Misc
+ - A new logging framework based on Logback (logback.org) with a new logging configuration
+ file, $IDP_HOME/conf/logging.xml
+ - File, HTTP, file-backed HTTP, and chaining metadata providers
+
+The following functionality is not available in this release but is scheduled
+for the final release:
+- NameID Decryption
+- Attribute encryption and decryption
+- Persistent Identifiers
+- Data connector failover
+- IP based authentication (available but untested)
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