Course Outline

Introduction

  • The case for SOS (Single-Sign-On-Authentication) for government
  • CAS vs LDAP vs OpenID

An overview of the CAS Architecture

  • System components
  • CAS Server
  • CAS clients
  • Supported protocols
  • Software components
    • Spring MVC/Spring Webflow
    • Ticketing
    • Authentication

Building CAS as an Overlay Project

  • Building and deploying with Gradle, Maven, and Docker for government workflows
  • Using custom and third-party source
  • Managing dependencies

Configuring Authentication in CAS

  • Orchestrating authentication handlers with the authentication manager
  • Choosing authentication handlers and schemes
  • Testing the default authentication scheme
  • Principal Resolution
  • Transforming the user ID
  • Setting up "Remember Me" long-term authentication
  • Setting up proxy authentication
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Limiting failed login attempts with login throttling
  • Configuring an SSO session cookie

Attribute Resolution and Release

  • Principal-Id attribute: receiving authenticated user ID
  • Attribute release policy: releasing attributes to applications for government systems
  • Caching attributes: caching resolved attributes
  • Encrypting attributes: conditionally encrypting attributes

Troubleshooting

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • An understanding of security concepts (such as authentication, authorization, etc.) for government systems.
  • Familiarity with Linux and the command line for government IT environments.

Audience

  • System administrators for government agencies.
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