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December 6, 2022, Filed Under: TIM Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Identity Manager – Version 2023.1.0

On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 the IAM Team released version 2023.1.0 of the uTexas Identity Manager (TIMTIM The uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) is the university’s identity manager. See uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) in the service catalog for more information.) which implemented the following changes:

Converted University Affiliate affiliationAffiliation An affiliation is an attribute which reflects, at a high level, how an individual is related to the university. At any point in time, an individual may have no defined relationship, one defined relationship, or many defined relationships with the university. For example, and individual may be a current student, a future faculty member, a former employee, or all three. to Future/Current/Former.
Added a connection to an EIDUT EID The University of Texas Electronic Identity (UT EID or EID) is the public records identifier for principals at the university. See EID in the service catalog for more information. Merge Objection APIAPI An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. for Financial Aid.

And fixes the following bugs:

Current OnRamps Students prompted for ID Card Number during password reset.
Several minor bug fixes.

October 19, 2022, Filed Under: Enterprise Authentication Changelog

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – v20220920093135

Performed regression testing of the most recent tag (4.2.1_20220815_rocky8) of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform is an identity and access management suite of software.) Shibboleth Identity ProviderIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The Identity Provider (IdP) manages the user's primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials. At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team. (IdPIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The Identity Provider (IdP) manages the user's primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials. At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team.) image.
Updated Enterprise AuthenticationAuthentication Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to a system’s resources. to use tested tag.
Enabled Open ID Connect plugin functionality.
Implemented new Duo Universal Prompt plugin.

Known Issues

Visual bug with FERPAFERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law which pertains to the release of and access to educational records. banner post-authentication flow. Functionality is not impacted.

August 9, 2022, Filed Under: TIM Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Identity Manager – Version 2022.3.0

On Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 the IAM Team released version 2022.3.0 of the uTexas Identity Manager (TIMTIM The uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) is the university’s identity manager. See uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) in the service catalog for more information.) which implemented the following changes:

Migrated to Log4j 2.

July 27, 2022, Filed Under: Enterprise Authentication Changelog

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – v20225827090744

Fixed bug preventing FERPAFERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law which pertains to the release of and access to educational records. banner functionality from working as intended.

July 1, 2022, Filed Under: Enterprise Authentication Changelog

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – v20220701132029

Performed regression testing of the most recent tag (4.1.7_20220517) of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform is an identity and access management suite of software.) Shibboleth Identity ProviderIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The Identity Provider (IdP) manages the user's primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials. At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team. (IdPIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The Identity Provider (IdP) manages the user's primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials. At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team.) image.
Updated Enterprise AuthenticationAuthentication Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to a system’s resources. to use tested tag.
Enabled consent module functionality.
Implemented new FERPAFERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law which pertains to the release of and access to educational records. banner functionality as a post-authentication intercept flow.