Central Authentication Service

Central Authentication Service.

CAS is an authentication system originally created by Yale University to provide a trusted way for an application to authenticate a user.

CAS provides enterprise single sign on service:

• An open and well-documented protocol
• An open-source Java server component
• A library of clients for Java, .Net, PHP, Perl, Apache, uPortal, and others
• Integrates with uPortal, BlueSocket, TikiWiki, Mule, Liferay, Moodle and others
• Community documentation and implementation support
• An extensive community of adopters

http://www.ja-sig.org/products/cas/index.html