CONFIGURATION PROCESS OF CAS with LDAP
About CAS: The CAS protocol involves at least three parties: a client web browser, the web application requesting authentication, and the CAS server . It may also involve a back-end service , such as a database server, that does not have its own HTTP interface but communicates with a web application. When the client visits an application desiring to authenticate to it, the application redirects it to CAS. CAS validates the client's authenticity, usually by checking a username and password against a database (such as Kerberos or Active Directory ). If the authentication succeeds, CAS returns the client to the application, passing along a security ticket . The application then validates the ticket by contacting CAS over a secure connection and providing its own service identifier and the ticket. CAS then gives the application trusted information about whether a particular user has successfully authenticated. CAS...