CENTRAL AUTHENTICATION SERVICE (CAS)
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1.  INTRODUCTION

The Central Authentication Service (CAS) is the standard mechanism by which web
applications should authenticate users. Any custom applications written benefit
from using CAS.

Note that CAS provides authentication; that is, it determines that your users
are who they say they are. CAS should not be viewed as an access-control system;
in particular, providers of applications that grant access to anyone who
possesses a NetID should understand that loose affiliates of an organization may
be granted NetIDs.

2.  RELEASE INFO

CAS requires J2SE 1.4 and J2EE1.3.

Release conents:
* "core/src/main" contains the Java source files for the framework
* "core/src/test" contains the Java source files for CAS's test suite
* "docs" contains general documentation and API javadocs
* "target" contains the demo war file
* "localPlugins" contains the location for user modifications

3. DISTRIBUTION JAR FILES

The "target" directory contains the following distinct jar files and wars:
* cas.war
- Contents: complete web application ready for deployment.

4.   DEPENDENCIES

* EhCache 1.1
* J2EE Servlet 2.3+
* JavaMail (and activation.jar). [if using the Web Services]  JavaMail can be downloaded at:
	http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/
	http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/glasgow/jaf.html

5. DEPLOYMENT

* Servlet Container that can handle JSP 2.0 (i.e. Tomcat 5.0.28)

6. NOTE
If building CAS from the source, running the test cases currently requires an active Internet connection.
Please see: http://maven.apache.org/faq.html#ignoring-broken-tests on how to disable the tests.