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[Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl>]

Hi,
 I would just like to add that the https://cat-test.eduroam.org/RC/
instance is configured to produce Unicode installers for Windows.
The legacy code-page support is still present in the code but using it
does not really make sense.
Tomasz



W dniu 2016-09-22 o 13:27, Stefan Winter pisze:
> Hello,
>
> (apologies for the wide audience cross-post)
>
> we are about to release CAT version 1.1.3, and solicit wide testing of
> one feature in particular (but of course feel free to test anything else
> as well):
>
> CAT 1.1.3 will (re-)introduce support for the TTLS-PAP protocol on the
> Microsoft Windows platforms "Vista" and "7". To do that, we integrate a
> new piece of software called GEANTlink, produced by an external
> contractor within the GEANT project.
>
> While most of the new features/bugfixes in 1.1.3 are "just PHP" and have
> very little potential for problems, GEANTlink is a brand new
> implementation of an EAP type for Windows, actual C code, and a
> stand-alone piece of software.
>
> We have tested GEANTlink extensively (including with EAPlab to verify
> its certificate handling and various obscure error conditions), but
> would appreciate wider testing by all interested parties before pushing
> this version onto the production instance of CAT.
>
> You can find the release candidate of version 1.1.3 here:
>
> https://cat-test.eduroam.org/RC/
>
> It holds a copy of the current production database, so you can log in
> with the same permissions and data as you would on the production instance.
>
> We plan to install 1.1.3 to production early in the morning of 28 Sept
> 2016, which leaves just short of a week from now on for testing. We do
> that with this time planning to make sure TTLS-PAP is available on
> typical semester starts for the winter semester (often around or after
> 01 October).
>
> FYI, the list of changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 is below:
>
> Changes in 1.1.3
> ================
> - [BUGFIX #1]  session was not set (we depended on simpleSAMLphp which
>                was wrong)
> - [BUGFIX #2]  inst names with embedded double quotes do not break map
>                display any more
> - [BUGFIX #3]  ChromeOS expects the keyword "EAP-TTLS" not just "TTLS"
> - [BUGFIX #4]  ChromeOS off-by-one in CA string massaging
> - [BUGFIX #5]  ChromeOS for wired ethernet did not work
> - [BUGFIX #6]  fix regression: loss of support for TTLS-PAP in Windows
>                Vista and 7
>                fixed by integration of GEANTlink
> - [BUGFIX #7]  despite being translated, the message in the big download
>                button just before getting the installer was showing in
>                English always
> - [BUGFIX #8]  fix missing authentication mode setting in Windows wired
>                profile
> - [BUGFIX #9]  cached logo files were not removed on logo update
> - [FEATURE #1] added Lithuanian language support (user area, not admin)
> - [FEATURE #2] ability to override media settings per-profile
> - [FEATURE #3] deprecated NSISArray has been replaced with nsArray
> - [FEATURE #4] added support for NSIS3 and Unicode installers
> - [FEATURE #5] updated device-template for new Apple OSes (iOS 10,
>                macOS Sierra)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stefan Winter
>

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