Reset TGT Timeout from client

[Scott Battaglia]

The only action that updates the last accessed time on the TGT is a request
to use the TGT (such as requesting a Service Ticket), so you would need to
go to something like
https://my.cas.server/login?service=https://some.service.url

-Scott

-Scott Battaglia
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Troy Bull <troy.bull at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a URL I could "go to" from the browser that would reset the
> timeout on the TGT?
>
> Thanks
> troy
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Scott Battaglia
> <scott.battaglia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Its pretty much impossible to do (by design) unless you give the TGT a
> > public identifier such that you could reference it or you expose its
> > identifier to the client applications (very bad).  The actual TGT
> identifier
> > is a "secret" meaning its stored securely in the browser and only passed
> to
> > the CAS application over SSL.  Other than that we don't have a mechanism
> in
> > place (again, by design) to reference the TGT.
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> > -Scott Battaglia
> > PGP Public Key Id: 0x383733AA
> > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbattaglia
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Troy Bull <troy.bull at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings
> >>
> >> Is there a way I can reset the TGT timeout from a client?  Maybe
> >> something I can put in a filter or in the configuration of the client
> >> that will basically "ping" the cas server resetting the timeout on the
> >> TGT?
> >>
> >> If there is nothing that will do this "out of the box" what is the
> >> best way to accomplish this with minimal coding?  I was thinking I
> >> could do an http get from a filter on the app?  What would I have to
> >> get? and what would I have to include in my get so that CAS will know
> >> which TGT to update the timeout for?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Troy
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