Central Authentication Service

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The Central Authentication Service (CAS) is a single sign-on protocol for the web.^[1] Its purpose is to permit a user to access multiple applications while providing their credentials (such as user ID and password) only once. It also allows web applications to authenticate users without gaining access to a user's security credentials, such as a password. The name CAS also refers to a software package that implements this protocol.