4.2. Enhancements

JSF

1087781 - Upgrade to Mojarra 2.1.28 (from 2.1.27)

In this release of JBoss EAP 6, the JSF component has been upgraded from 2.1.27 to the latest upstream bugfix version; 2.1.28.

PicketLink

1084595 - Backport PLINK-313

A new feature has been introduced into the PicketLink component in this version of JBoss EAP 6. In this release IDP is now configurable to sign assertions.
1085539 - Backport PLINK-407

An update to this release of JBoss EAP 6 introduces an upstream PicketLink feature that allows the FormAuthenticatorcharacterEncoding parameter to be used for requests in IDPWebBrowserSSOValve.
1084597 - Backport PLINK-405

A new feature has been incorporated into the PicketLink component of this version of JBoss EAP 6. In this release the the principal that gets sent to the AttributeManager has been made configurable.

When using PicketLink with JBoss Negotiation, the principal that is sent to the AttributeManager is a hashed string and not the username. This can result failed lookups if the mapping provider uses the principal to look up any attributes.

The ability to configure the principle ameliorates this issue.
1084587 - Backport PLINK-146

A new feature has been introduced into the PicketLink component in this version of JBoss EAP 6. The XMLSignatureUtil can now allow KeyInfo to use X509 if desired.