Difference between Shibboleth and CAS?

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Mike Flynn picture Mike Flynn · Apr 20, 2011 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

Please explain what the differences are between Shibboleth and CAS?

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0x4a6f4672 picture 0x4a6f4672 · May 27, 2011

The first (Shibboleth) is a server and the second (CAS) a protocol. It makes more sense to compare Central Authentication Service (CAS) with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), which is the protocol used by Shibboleth. Both can be used to implement a centralized Single Sign-On (SSO).

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