OPENSSO PROVIDES DEVELOPERS W/ PROJECT INFORMATION & RESOURCES.Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) has open sourced its web site authentication and web single sign-on (SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on ) technologies through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On (OpenSSO) project. OpenSSO will empower Java technology developers to participate in the evolution of these critical security components and include them in every application they build and deploy. Sun also plans to release the source code for agents to connect the web site authentication and web SSO technologies with the Sun Java System Web Server A Web server from Sun that runs under Windows, Solaris and HP-UX. It supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, Java servlets and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS). The Enterprise Edition is the complete package, and the Developers Edition (Sun Java Studio Enterprise) is a lighter-weight and Sun Java System Application Server A J2EE-compliant, Web-based application server from Sun. It supports C, C++ and Java applications, Java servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSPs) and Enterprise JavaBeans. From more recent to earliest, the product was formerly Sun ONE Application Server, iPlanet Application Server and Netscape . In addition, Sun announced the OpenSSO community web site: http://opensso.dev.java.net/. OpenSSO will provide developers with project information and resources to foster discussion and facilitate participation in the community, including: roadmaps, FAQ's, documentation, tutorials, sample code, and mailing lists. Initial source code will be available beginning in Q4 of 2005, with full release of OpenSSO in spring 2006, under the under the OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved Common Development and Distribution License Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL), version 1.1. (CDDL CDDL Common Development and Distribution License (Sun) CDDL Common Data Description Language CDDL Community Development and Distribution License ), the same license Sun is using for its OpenSolaris project. "This is the kind of move that the identity market needs to progress," says Mike Neuenschwander, associate research director at Burton Group. "We have to get beyond talking about retrofitting existing infrastructure and begin making identity inherent in everything we do. Sun's contribution to open source will help accelerate the industry in that direction." "Sun is committed to removing the barriers to participation by open sourcing the most widely used building blocks within the Java Enterprise System," said John Loiacono, executive vice president, Software Group, at Sun. By creating the OpenSSO community, Sun is leading the identity management industry in a new direction, providing the Java developer community with open access to technology and the ability to shape that technology's evolution. Web site authentication and SSO technologies are mandatory elements of a secure web infrastructure and by opening access to these important components, we will enable developers to rapidly and securely build applications. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun develops computer technologies and can be found in more than 100 countries. Sun Microsystems can be found on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com. For more information, call 415/294-4482. |
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