Configuring CAS On Ubuntu For Two-Factor Authentication With WiKID
Single sign-on is a great technology. Requiring users to login to
multiple applications is huge hassle, encourages password reuse and
simple passwords. Security needs to focus on usability. If you can
make a user's life better while increasing security, everybody wins. In this how-to we will set up the open-source CAS SSO product with the WiKID Strong Authentication Server for two-factor authentication for sessions and mutual https authentication
for host authentication. Obviously using two-factor authentication
for the login increases security because the user must have the factors
to get access, in this case, knowledge of the PIN and possession of the
private key embedded in the token. The CAS server is running on Ubuntu 11.04 Server and is using Radius
to talk to the WiKID Strong Authentication Server Enterprise Edition.
