A recent post describes a security issue with RESTful services in GeoServer that was fixed for GeoServer 2.0.1. A patch has been created for 1.7.x and is now available. Any users using the restconfig plugin with GeoServer 1.7 are urged to apply the patch.
Note that by applying the patch the same rules as described [...]
A feature that has become quite popular in GeoServer over the last year has been the RESTful configuration plug-in (”restconfig”), that allows one to configure a GeoServer instance programmatically via simple HTTP operations.
Recently the issue of security has come up with regards to the restconfig plug-in. Essentially it boils down to the fact [...]
It has been a long time coming but it is finally here. GeoServer 2.0 has been officially released and is available for download. The 2.0 release marks a major milestone for the GeoServer project. A special thanks to all the developers who worked hard for this release, all the users who contributed bug reports, and [...]
The GeoServer community is happy to announce the second beta release of GeoServer 2.0, available for download. The developers have been working hard to get the new user interface up to the quality and functionality of the existing interface. This release of 2.0-beta2 brings us 74 issues closer to that goal.
The most noteworthy feature for [...]
A quick note to all those who recently downloaded GeoServer 1.7.3. The release has been patched to address a bug with the user interface. The patched release can be found on the download page. The bug prevents a user from editing a feature type directly after it has been added. For those not wanting to upgrade [...]
The GeoServer team would like to announce the release of GeoServer 1.7.2. This release brings many exciting new features.
The first major improvement is label rendering. In version 1.7.1, GeoServer added support for curved labeling. In this version, support is added for wrapped labels, which enables a label to span multiple lines. This feature [...]
Just in time for the holiday season the GeoServer team is happy to announce the coming of a new SLD editor extension based on the newly founded GeoExt project. Download the new extension and try it out. It also requires the installation of the rest plugin. A quick walk through of the installation and functionality [...]
The GeoServer team is happy to announce the release of GeoServer 1.7.1!
The biggest improvement in this release is better Google Earth support. Using revamped KML output (known as the KML “reflector”) GeoServer can now output vector super-overlays. Prior to this version, data served by GeoServer when viewed in Google Earth would only update when [...]
The GeoServer team is happy to announce an extension for Microsoft SQL Server, currently available as a nightly build. Instructions for getting the extension up and running are available on the wiki.
At this point the extension is still quite young and is missing some key features like spatial indexing and support for well known binary. [...]
The GeoServer team is proud to announce the release of GeoServer 1.7.0, available here for download. This is a very big release for GeoServer as the 1.7.x series brings some exciting new features and improvements.
Security in 1.7 has been improved by allowing access control at the layer/feature type level, in addition to the service level. [...]