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[14:39:25 CDT(-0500)] <foxnesn> there is a small section there about it
[14:41:44 CDT(-0500)] <apetro> howdy
[14:42:17 CDT(-0500)] <apetro> the way CAS accomplishes user login to applications is it issues the user a ticket, a short-lived big random number identifier.
[14:42:29 CDT(-0500)] <apetro> the user presents it to the application he'd like to log in to
[14:42:41 CDT(-0500)] <apetro> the application validates it against e.g. the /serviceValidate endpoint