On behalf of the Globus Toolkit development team I am pleased to
announce that a new stable release of the Globus Toolkit is now
available. GT4.2.0 contains an upgrade to the web services
specifications used by the toolkit as well as new features in all
services. New users are encouraged to use the 4.2.0 release.
Existing users may wish to evaluate the new software while maintaining
their existing installations; due to the specification upgrade, the
webservices are incompatible with the 4.0.x series. Details on the
spec upgrade are available in the release notes.
Relevant 4.2.0 links:
- Release notes:
http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.2/4.2.0/rn/release_notes.html
- Software: http://www.globus.org/toolkit/downloads/4.2.0/
- Documentation: http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.2/4.2.0/
Thanks for your support of Globus software!
Charles
New features!
Persistent HTTP/S connection support in Java WS Core
Dynamic deployment support in Java WS Core
JBOSS 4.0.x support in Java WS Core
An implementation of WS-ServiceGroup added to C WS Core
C command-line tools for WSRF operations
Support for GetResourceProperties and QueryResourceProperties in the
Delegation Service
Added support for the OGSA-AuthZ Authorization Service to CAS
Server-side attribute-based authorization framework enhancements
Support for a pluggable Policy Decision Point (PDP) designed to
minimize common authorization errors
Enhanced security descriptor framework
A Web service interface for the Replica Location Service (RLS)
Improved support for multiple TriggerRules in the Trigger Service
Improved configuration interface for the Trigger Service
Java API to assist in creating resource properties from external
information sources
A new resource manager (RM) adapter API in GRAM4
