Hello everyone,

mod_auth_cas-1.0.6 has been released.  It is available at:

https://www.ja-sig.org/svn/cas-clients/mod_auth_cas/tags/mod_auth_cas-1.
0.6

New in this version, thanks to Matt Smith's hard work, is compatibility
with Apache on Windows.  See the new README.win32 file for details on
how to compile and use on Windows platforms.

Also, before you blindly upgrade, please note that certain default
values have changed.  In particular, if you are relying on the default
values for any of the following parameters:

CASLoginURL
CASValidateURL
CASProxyValidateURL
CASCookiePath

Then your installation will not behave as you expect it to.  The
CASCookiePath default is now /dev/null, forcing deployers to select a
location on their file system.  Originally, it was in /tmp/cas/ but some
distributions purge /tmp/ on reboot (purging this directory) which
renders mod_auth_cas unable to store information for currently
authenticated users.  A popular suggestion is
/var/cache/apache2/mod_auth_cas/ - but be sure that wherever it goes, it
is only writeable by the web server.  Anyone who can write to this
directory can forge an authenticated session (including potentially
malicious web scripts that are placed on your server by users).

As always, bug reports and feature requests are welcome.

-Phil
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