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The extent of the welcome page decoration is only limited by your imagination.

To fully understand a gateway request see http://www.ja-sig.org/products/cas/client/gateway/index.html

Configuration of Filters

Assuming you have a standard web site layout, with protected and unprotected areas, you will need to two authentication filters and one validation filter.

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For a complete configuration of the CAS Java Client you will need to visit the CAS Java client page http://www.ja-sig.org/products/cas/client/client-java/index.html

Warning

The configuration on CAS Java Client page does not use this gateway setup. So edit the CAS Java Client configuration with these changes.

Page Layout

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Assuming first time request

  • If a visitor requests either www.site.com/welcome.jsp or www.site.com/other_page.jsp then a gateway log in authentication is called to CAS.
  • If a visitor request either www.site.com/protected/accounts.jsp or www.site.com/protected/payments.jsp then a non-gateway log in authentication is called to CAS.

Sequence

A simplistic view of a gateway called when user does not have a validate CAS session.
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A simplistic view of a gateway called when user does have a validate CAS session.
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