Development Het Baken (Netherlands) wrote:
> After a lot of research, we decided to use CAS as our SSO solution. We want a 
> non-interactive login, using SPNEGO. I'm preparing for the implementation now.
> I don't understand the relationship between the Browser and CAS, when the 
> user 
> logs in via Active Directory.

Mainly the user logs in at his workstation and retrieves a Kerberos
Ticket Granting Ticket (KRB-TGT).

> The CAS protocol is saying:
> 3.6.1. ticket-granting cookie properties
> Ticket-granting cookies MUST be set to expire at the end of the client's 
> browser session.

This is the CAS ticket granting cookie (CAS-TGC) which will be set after
a successful login to CAS no matter which authentication method is used.

The CAS-TGC has nothing to do with the KRB-TGT. But in case of
SPNEGO/Kerberos for CAS login the KRB-TGT is used by the browser to
obtain a Kerberos service ticket for authenticating against CAS.

> Does this mean that a browser will open after the login? Or how does this 
> work?

You use the browser anyway to access a protected web application and you
will be redirected to CAS login which triggers the SPNEGO authentication.

Ciao, Michael.
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