CAS Protocol Milestone

[Marvin Addison]

As of today, the CAS protocol integration module is compliant to the
CAS 3.0 protocol spec [1]. While some work remains (primarily test
coverage), I feel confident that this module would add substantial
capability to the IdP. Additionally, it promises to offer some
exciting new capabilities as a CAS server facility:

- Shibboleth attribute engine integration
- Protocol flow extension/customization
- User consent attribute release (future)

It's hard to overstate the value of the attribute engine integration:
id mappings, complex value transforms, and variable encodings. These
use cases have come up repeatedly in the CAS community over the years.

I would like to start the discussion of integrating this work into the
IdP codebase so it ships with v3 (ideally by beta). I hope the value
proposition is clear, but I'm happy to field questions if you need
more information.

M

[1] http://www.jasig.org/cas/protocol