CAS and SSL

[Scott Battaglia]

You can deploy the CAS Server without SSL and it will function fine. The
only change would be:

1. In the cas-servlet.xml, the two cookie generators need the "secure"
property set to false.
2. If you plan on doing proxy callback to clients without SSL, the
HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler needs to be configured to
allow non-https urls.  Its a property on the handler.

I believe that is everything for the server.  On the clients, it depends on
the client.  For the Yale CAS Client, there is a hardcoded check for https
that would need to be removed.

-Scott

On 5/1/07, webzo <webzo2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  I have some questions about CAS and SSL.
>
> What parts of CAS actually require SSL? The client (CASFilter) seems to
> require that the validateUrl callback be "https" rather than "http". How
> about the server side? What parts there require SSL be used? The reason for
> these questions are that I am trying to find out if there is a way to use
> CAS without installing certificates. I know, Scott, Andrew and others on
> this forum have stated many times that CAS should be used with SSL. Still, I
> am in a situation where I need to use CAS with out any certificates being
> installed (because it is going to be hard to install it on the system in
> question).
> I saw a message (
> http://tp.its.yale.edu/pipermail/cas/2006-April/002652.html) where the
> implication seemed to be that SSL can be disabled with code changes. Can
> someone (Scott?) please provide more information on how to do this?
>
> Thanks
>
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