We already have an open JIRA issue for this :-)  We'll probably look at it
early next week.

This is the issue I am referring to:
http://www.ja-sig.org/issues/browse/CAS-679

in case you want to confirm that its the same thing this email is talking
about.

-Scott


-Scott Battaglia
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On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Mark McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I just received this notice from Google about a change that they are making
> in order for them to comply further with the SAML 2.0 spec.  Does this
> affect the CAS 3.1 Google Apps module?
>
> Thanks, Mark
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mark McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:08 PM
> Subject: [Fwd: Action Required: Update needed for my.utsa.edu SSO with
> Google Apps]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Action Required: Update
> needed for my.utsa.edu SSO with Google Apps  Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008
> 12:56:17 -0700 (PDT)  From: Google Apps Support
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hello administrator of domain my.utsa.edu,
>
> Nothing is more important to us than the security of your users' data.  We 
> are emailing you because we have detected that your Google Apps single 
> sign-on (SSO) implementation may be vulnerable to a theoretical security 
> hole.  We would like to emphasize that we have not received any reports of 
> this vulnerability being exploited.
>
> In order to improve the security of Google Apps SSO, we have added a 
> requirement on the data your sign-in application (identity provider) sends.  
> You must update your sign-in application by the end of August 2008.  The new 
> requirement is described here:
> http://code.google.com/apis/apps/faq.html#recipient
>
> If your sign-in application is derived from our sample code, please refer to 
> the latest version of the sample code for the changes you'll need to make to 
> your own code.  The updates to the sample code are also described in the link 
> above.
>
> If your sign-in application was not derived from our sample code, e.g. is a 
> third-party identity provider software, please forward this information to 
> the developers of the identity provider software.
>
> Important Notes:
>
>   - We will begin enforcing this new requirement on your sign-in application 
> by the end of August 2008.
>
>   - In the meantime, we will continue to accept the current responses from 
> your sign-in application so that your users can continue to sign in to Google 
> Apps.
>
>   - If you are unable to update your sign-in application by the end of August 
> 2008, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>   - If you are about to deploy Google Apps SSO for new domains, you will need 
> to ensure this new requirement is met for those domains prior to deployment.
>
> If you have any questions, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> The Google Apps Team
>
>
> --
> Mark McCoy
> OIT Enterprise Services
> The University of Texas at San Antonio
> 210-458-5871
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mark McCoy
> Enterprise Services (Unix Group)
> Office of Information Technology
> The University of Texas at San Antonio
> (210) 458-5871
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