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[Miroslav Milinović <miro AT srce.hr>]

Hi all!

I'd like to confirm that CAT v. 1.1.3. in now up and running at
cat.eduroam.org.

Please report any issues to the mailing list 
cat-users AT lists.geant.org

Greetings

Miro
On 9/26/2016 09:30, Miroslav Milinović wrote:
> Dear colleagues and users!
> 
> on behalf of eduroam OT I'd like to announce that we'll
> put the CAT version 1.1.3 in production on Wednesday, September 28.
> 
> Due to this activity CAT service at cat.eduroam.org might not be
> accessible between 8:30 and 9:30 CEST on Wednesday, September 28.
> 
> More information about CAT v. 1.1.3. can be found in the mail appended
> bellow.
> 
> Services available via monitor.eduroam.org will be working normally.
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Miroslav Milinovic,
> eduroam service manager
> 
> 
> On 9/22/2016 13:26, Stefan Winter wrote:
>> 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
>>