FW: Sunsetting of Centralized Discovery Service software

[Ewing, Bill]

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Caskey [mailto:pcaskey at internet2.edu] 
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 9:08 PM
To: Ewing, Bill <BEwing at utsystem.edu>
Subject: RE: Sunsetting of Centralized Discovery Service software
Scott,

This is disturbing news since the UTSystem uses the CDS exclusively for all of its applications systemwide. One of the main features we need is the option to "follow cookie" built into the CDS that the EDS didn't provide. What would be the best way to replace that functionality with another solution?

Thanks,
Bill


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: announce [mailto:announce-bounces at shibboleth.net] On Behalf Of
> Cantor, Scott
> > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 7:08 PM
> > To: announce at shibboleth.net
> > Subject: Sunsetting of Centralized Discovery Service software
> >
> > The current Java-based CDS code base (of which the last version 
> > released
> was V1.2.1) is built on the same libraries which will become 
> unsupported this summer along with the V2 Identity Provider.
> >
> > After consultation with the membership of the Shibboleth Consortium, 
> > a
> decision was reached to let this software sunset at that time, and 
> shift our resources to other work, principally continued enhancement 
> of the Embedded Discovery Service and a likely feature update to the 
> Service Provider, which has been largely frozen for several years 
> while the IdPv3 work took priority.
> >
> > As a result, the CDS will become unsupported on July 31st, the 
> > previously
> planned EOL for the other V2 Java software products, and will not be 
> re-done at this time.
> >
> > A variety of software products performing a similar function are 
> > available
> from various sources, including the EDS software itself, which many 
> people have deployed as a centralized solution, and this played a 
> significant part in the decision. Deployers are welcome to discuss migration options on our lists.
> >
> > -- Scott
> >
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