Does anyone use X.509 Certificate Authentication for DSpace? We are considering removing it.

[DSpace Technical Support]

All,

The DSpace Committers have been made aware that DSpace's X.509 Certificate Authentication plugin has been unmaintained for many years and appears to be unused.  Therefore, we are considering its removal. 

GitHub Ticket: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/11334

Do you use X.509 Certificate Authentication in your DSpace 7.x - 9.x site?  If so, please reach out via this email, or via the GitHub ticket linked above.

If we discover that X.509 Certificate Authentication is still in use by several institutions, we'll do our best to find volunteers to help modernize its code and continue maintain it.  However, if we receive no response, we'll instead work towards a plan to remove it.

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Tim Donohue, on behalf of the DSpace Committers