Basic/Digest Authentication

[Luca Cinquini]

Hi,
	I spent some time looking for an answer to this but haven't found a  
definite solution:
is  there a way to enable direct client access to CAS via Basic or  
Digest authentication (possibly over SSL) ? In other words, if a  
client makes an HTTP(S) request to the CAS login page with the  
appropriate username/password supplied in the headers, the CAS server  
should immediately reply with the CAS ticket without displaying the  
CAS login page. Is there already support for this kind of behavior ?
thanks a lot,
Luca