Don.
Thanks very much for this helpful information. It is very useful to us.
Best,
Rich
From: Hamparian,Don [mailto:hamparid <at> oclc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:20 PM
To: EZProxy discussion list
Subject: [ezproxy] EZproxy - upcoming releases
Hello this is a summary of the issues we are resolving in the upcoming release, V5.4.1, which will be released within 2 weeks; and issues which are being resolved in V5.5, slated for September. I am including our JIRA numbers for these issues to hopefully simplify how we refer to them. If you have questions, don’t reply to me directly as I will be on holiday but reply to ezproxy <at> oclc.org.
Thanks!
EZPROX-633
The string concatenation operator is interpreted as a character belonging to the neighboring textual constant rather than as a concatenation operator. This will be fixed in EZproxy V5.5. If you see this problem, the workaround is to insert a space around the operator. For example, this syntax UserFile("groups/" . login:instNumber.".txt") works, while UserFile("groups/".login:instNumber.".txt") does not.
EZPROX-609
In V5.4, the restart function did not correctly restart EZproxy on Windows platforms. This problem has been fixed in V5.4.1.
EZPROX-608
The IPC file (named ezproxy.ipc) isn't created on Windows platforms. This allowed multiple instances of Ezproxy to be started on a server out of the same directory. This problem has been fixed in V5.4.1.
EZPROX-611
The use of Shibboleth with groups resulted in the presentation of logup.htm instead of the completion of authentication. This problem has been fixed in V5.4.1.
EZPROX-626
EZproxy does not work Shibboleth IdP version 2.3. We understand what the issue is and are implementing a change to resolve this issue. This change will not be in V5.4.1. We anticipate fixing this problem in EZproxy V5.5, to be released in September.
EZPROX-613
The limit on number of includeFile entries was inadvertently set much smaller in V5.4. This problem has been fixed in V5.4.1. The limits set in V5.4.1 are 4096 include files allowed at a depth of up to 64 nested includes - include files with another include statement.
EZPROX-612
If EZproxy is restarted and an IPC file exists, EZproxy will now issue a message suggesting you can delete this file if you know EZproxy isn't currently running. Before this change, EZproxy would not start or issue a related message. This change is in V5.4.1.
EZPROX-627
Some sites are reporting Shibboleth authentication was not working with EZproxy V5.3 on the Solaris operating system. We are testing this scenario with V5.4.1. We do not believe this is a problem with V5.4.1.
EZPROX-632
When users authenticate using Shibboleth 1.3, each authentication results in the message: "SAMLResponse no encrypted Assertion elements" being written to the messages.txt file. This message can be ignored. We will resolve the spurious logging of this message in V5.5.
EZPROX-610
Message "SAML received assertion without a status of success, denying access" logged with a failure to authenticate with Shibboleth. This issue has existed since V5.1d and has been reported with institutions in the UK access federation. We are researching this issue and will either issue an update to EZproxy or describe a configuration method to resolve this problem as soon as we can test it.
Don Hamparian
Senior Product Manager
Web and Data Services
Identity Management & EZproxy
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