Apologies for any cross-posting
The purpose of this message is to remind organisations of the Internet2
Shibboleth team's announcement of 30-June-2010 as the End Of Life (EOL)
date for the Shibboleth 1.3 SP and IdP software and to clarify the UK
federation's support position for Shibboleth versions.
The Shibboleth 2 SP and IdP software is now fully supported by the UK
federation helpdesk. This support includes on-line documentation to
help with configuring and registering Shibboleth 2 entities, as well as
training courses for this software available through JANET(UK).
We strongly recommend that sites currently running Shibboleth 1.3 in
production plan to upgrade to the current version of Shibboleth well in
advance of the announced EOL date. This will protect against the
possibility of a forced but unplanned migration from 1.3 should a
security issue or incompatibility be discovered after the EOL date has
been reached.
In addition, sites now choosing between Shibboleth 1.3 and Shibboleth 2
for new installations are strongly recommended to choose Shibboleth 2
other than in exceptional circumstances.
-- Ian Young, SDSS and UK federation
Simon Cooper
UK federation
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