Sun Microsystems 819468310 manual Revision History, About Sun Java System Access Manager

Revision History

Revision History

The following table shows the Access Manager 7.1 Release Notes revision history.

TABLE 1 Revision History

Date	Description of Changes
July 2006	Beta release.
March 2007	Java Enterprise System 5 release

About Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1

Sun Java System Access Manager is part of the Sun Identity Management infrastructure that allows an organization to manage secure access to Web applications and other resources both within an enterprise and across business-to-business (B2B) value chains.

Access Manager provides these main functions:

■Centralized authentication and authorization services using both role-based and rule-based access control

■Single sign-on (SSO) for access to an organization's Web-based applications

■Federated identity support with the Liberty Alliance Project and Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML)

■Logging of critical information including administrator and user activities by Access Manager components for subsequent analysis, reporting, and auditing.

What’s New in This Release

This release includes the following new features:

■“Java ES Monitoring Framework Integration” on page 6

■“Web Service Security ” on page 7

■“Single Access Manager WAR file deployment” on page 7

■“Enhancements to Core Services” on page 7

■“Deprecation Notification and Announcement” on page 10

Java ES Monitoring Framework Integration

Access Manager 7.1 integrates with the Java Enterprise System monitoring framework through Java Management Extensions (JMX). JMX technology provides the tools for building distributed, Web-based, modular, and dynamic solutions for managing and monitoring

6 Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Release Notes • March 2007