• Microsoft "Geneva" Framework – Changes between July’08 Beta & October’08 Beta

    Published by on November 5th, 2008 2:08 am under Geneva

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    Functionality area Major changes made
    Product Name
    • “Geneva” Framework replaces “Zermatt”.
    Claims Object Model
    • ClaimsPrincipal.Current is replaced with Thread.CurrentPrincipal.
    • Claims.Issuer is of type string instead of IClaimsIdentity.
    • Authentication information is emitted as separate claims.
    STS
    • Per call Instance.
    • GetScope() is now abstract now.
    • GetOutSubjects() renamed to GetOutputClaimsIdentity()
    • Asynchronous programming added.
    FAM
    • T:Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.FederationAuthenticationModule refactored as T:Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.WsFederatedAuthenticationModule.
    • New T:Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.SessionAuthentication module.
    • Bootstrap token made available.
    Controls
    • Support for CardSpace V2 parameters: CardTile and AutoSubmit.
    Configuration
    • AudienceURI is moved from token handler element.
    • issuerNameRegistry element is introduced.
    • Security Token Handler configurations added.
    TokenHandlers
    • New handlers for X509, username, Kerberos and RSA.
    • Token handler interface no longer contains security token serializer or security token resolvers.
    WSTrustClient
    • Extension methods added for the channel factory in WCF.
    Fed Metadata
    • Added support for new harmonized federation metadata.
    FedUtil
    • New tool that supports registering an STS in an RP and publishing RP metadata.
    SAML2NTToken
    • New service that converts non-Windows tokens to NT tokens.
    Setup changes
    • Registry entries are changed to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GenevaFramework\Default.
    • Microsoft.IdentityModel.dll is added to the GAC.
    • “Geneva” Claims to NT Token Service (GTS) is added to the service control manager.

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