Common Authentication Service Adapter
Encyclopedia
CASA is an open source component infrastructure for securely storing credential and other confidential data that can be used for authentication, single sign-on (SSO) and other purposes by users, services and applications on a desktop or server operating system.
Features
* Open Source and part of the SUSE distribution (Also available on Windows).
* Credential service for Enabling applications to single sign-On.
* Leverages the Desktop identity and login for access control.
* Scalable and fault tolerant.
* Cross-platform support (Linux, and Windows).
* Supports managing multiple identity repositories (GKring, KWallet, FireFox Password Manager).
* Provides a storage (vault) for credentials and secrets.
* Supports multiple authentication schemes.
* Forward compatible.
* Network Authentication component is token based.
* Provides the ability for a single point of management for multiple credential stores.
* Supports session based or presistant storage for credentials.
* Supports sharing of credentials.
* Supports linking of credentials among different stores.
CASA is Not
* A Network or desktop login infrastructure.
* Mechanisms/APIs for changing and setting passwords in applications.
* Application login policy enforcer
Novell
ships the Common Authentication Service Adapter (CASA) PAM
module with its Linux
desktop and server products. In a default installation, the CASA PAM module is configured for use with the XDM, GDM, login, and SSH services.
Bandit Project CASA http://www.bandit-project.org/index.php/Common_Authentication_Services_Adapter_(CASA)
Features
* Open Source and part of the SUSE distribution (Also available on Windows).
* Credential service for Enabling applications to single sign-On.
* Leverages the Desktop identity and login for access control.
* Scalable and fault tolerant.
* Cross-platform support (Linux, and Windows).
* Supports managing multiple identity repositories (GKring, KWallet, FireFox Password Manager).
* Provides a storage (vault) for credentials and secrets.
* Supports multiple authentication schemes.
* Forward compatible.
* Network Authentication component is token based.
* Provides the ability for a single point of management for multiple credential stores.
* Supports session based or presistant storage for credentials.
* Supports sharing of credentials.
* Supports linking of credentials among different stores.
CASA is Not
* A Network or desktop login infrastructure.
* Mechanisms/APIs for changing and setting passwords in applications.
* Application login policy enforcer
Novell
Novell
Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise...
ships the Common Authentication Service Adapter (CASA) PAM
Pluggable Authentication Modules
Pluggable authentication modules are a mechanism to integrate multiple low-level authentication schemes into a high-level application programming interface . It allows programs that rely on authentication to be written independent of the underlying authentication scheme...
module with its Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
desktop and server products. In a default installation, the CASA PAM module is configured for use with the XDM, GDM, login, and SSH services.
Bandit Project CASA http://www.bandit-project.org/index.php/Common_Authentication_Services_Adapter_(CASA)