> our current institution uses CAS / LDAP to authenticate our users; however, 
> the vendor only lists instructions for SAML (which requires a Public Key 
> Certificate).

Does the vendor support a particular SAML version?  SAML 1.1 and SAML
2 are significantly different, with the latter a huge
design-by-committee failure IMO.

> Is there a way to integrate the two together, in such a manner that we can 
> simply point our vendors software to a CAS URL and have it support the 
> required SAML messages?

Your mention of PKI is concerning.  Currently CAS has no support for
XML digital signatures or message encryption, which would be two
possible use cases for a certificate.  Can you provide a link to the
vendor instructions so we can investigate further?

> Would we need to setup a SAML aware system and on some sub-layer connect CAS 
> and SAML so we can continue on with our SSO environment?

I wonder if CAS-Shibboleth-VendorProduct integration is the way to go.
 Many folks, including us at Virginia Tech, have had success
integrating CAS and Shib, and I can say from experience that Shib
support for SAML is second to none.  See
http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CASUM/Shibboleth-CAS+Integration
for more info.

M

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