Another thought I've been having for sometime is the need to decouple
primary authentication from CAS protocol implementation via something
like a Service Provider interface.  Seems like the move to more fully
embrace SWF might help here as well.


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Marvin S. Addison
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Spring Webflow has arguably been one of the best design decisions for CAS.
> Building on that strength, we could implement a number of valuable features
> related to ticket validation as one or more webflows:
>
>
> - Implement protocol dispatcher to call into protocol-specific subflows
> - Implement SEC_4, SEC_6, and SEC_8 [1] as components/flow states in CAS
> protocol validation flow
> - Implement on-demand attribute query/release
>
> I'm confident that in addition to implementing new features, a number of
> problem areas in the code base (i.e. argument extractors) could be cleaned
> up.
>
> This could possibly be a 4.1 scope design feature if we try to keep it
> tight, otherwise 5.x.
>
> We will leverage this approach to implement a high-assurance form of
> attribute release for Virginia Tech using client certificates to address a
> requirement we have locally. If we get to it before the project generally,
> I'll provide feedback from the work.
>
> Best,
> M
>
> [1] https://wiki.jasig.org/display/CAS/Proposals+to+mitigate+security+risks
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