Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Single Sign-on (SSO) capabilities at the Uiversity University of Hawaii are generally provided by either the Apereo Central Authentication Service (CAS) or Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP).

Info

The difference between CAS and the IdP is that CAS is commonly used by applications closely affiliated with, or "internal" to the University of Hawaii system. CAS relieves these applications of the need to directly manage user authentication themselves. The IdP is typically used by external or "federated" organizations to grant access to their applications and resources using by allowing users to authenticate using their University of Hawaii credentials.

...