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CAS documentation has moved over to jasig apereo.github.io/cas, starting with CAS version 4.x. The wiki will no longer be maintained. For the most recent version of the documentation, please refer to the aforementioned link.

JAAS Authentication Handler

Briefly, JAAS is a standard API provided by Java 1.4 and higher which provides PAM-like authentication and authorization. An external file is used to configure JAAS. Using JAAS with CAS allows modification of the authentication process without having to rebuild and redeploy CAS, and allows for PAM-style multi-module "stacked" authentication.

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