>> Our company does not consider this a strong enough authentication method
>> for our intranet. Whilst it might be unusual for a certificate to be
>> compromised, in a big company we cannot guarantee that some employees
>> won't make the mistake of storing their key with an empty password on a
>> memory stick. Requiring the user to also enter the correct username and
>> password provides a greater level of security.
>
> Hmm, but entering username and password is also rather weak, especially
> when doing it from unknown browsers.
>
> If you really need two-factor authc you should issue X.509 certs for
> keys generated on smartcards protected by a PIN or something like RSA
> SecurID (AFAICT the latter can be integrated with CAS via RADIUS).

I second this recommendation.  We use certificates on a security
device (Aladdin eToken) for strong 2-factor authentication when
needed.  CAS supports this very well out of the box.

M

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