On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:10 AM, sol myr <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are evaluating CAS SOO, and were wondering how it handles HTTP sessions:
>
> Suppose a user is browsing through several pages of the same
> web-application ("page1.jsp", "page2.jsp", "page3.jsp"),  all within the
> same HTTP session.
> Obviously, when accessing "page1" he'll be asked to log in, with the help
> of the CAS server and tickets.
> But what happens next, for "page2" and "page3" ?
>
> 1) Am I correct in assuming that usually, the AuthenticationFilter will
> note that user is already logged in, and no further action is required?
> So, in terms of load/performance, the CAS server will be involved only when
> first accessing "page1", but it won't be bothered for "page2" and "page3" ?


That is correct, unless their application session has expired. Then they'll
be sent to CAS.

>
>
> 2) Now, suppose we are extremely paranoid. Can we configure credentials to
> be re-checked for every page, even "page2" and "page3"?
> (Obviously this assumes the browser can automatically send credentials,
> without asking the user to re-type them - for example, extract credentials
> from a smartcard or from Windows login).


You could but you're probably better off just setting a short session time.

-Scott


>
>
> Thanks very much.
>
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