ACASUserFolder 2.0.2 review

ACASUserFolder is a User Folder implementing the Yale CAS Single Sign On (SSO) Authentication method. It aims are interoperability,

License: ZPL (Zope Public License) File size: 26K Developer: Alexandre Sauve

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ACASUserFolder is a User Folder implementing the Yale CAS Single Sign On (SSO) Authentication method.

It aims are interoperability, robustness, security and end user simplicity. This project started at the Bordeaux 1 University as a proof of concept for Plone integration in a CASified esup-portal environment.

This Product was formerly known as CASUserFolder but has been renamed to avoid name conflict with another similar product.

Here are some key features of "ACASUserFolder":
Yale CAS architectures 1.0 & 2.0
Plone Support
GroupUserFolder support (patch for versions < 3.3)
Support for POST and GET methods arguments
Auto-login without adding login button to your site
clean implementation : doesn't patch anything in the running zope instance
management tab for testing CAS login
default roles for CAS Users
optional persistent users for assigning local roles
online help

Compatibility:

python 2.1 (see note below) / 2.2 / 2.3
Zope : tested with 2.6.2 / 2.7.1 / 2.7.4 / 2.7.5 / 2.8.0 / 2.8.1
Plone : tested with 2.0.5 & 2.1
GoupUserFolder (need patch for versions < 3.3)
CookieCrumbler
VirtualHostMonster proof (groarrrr)

Installation:

Uncompress the tarball in your Zope Products directory. Under GNU/Linux This is something like:

/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/

Next restart Zope to take the product into account.

What's New in This Release:
FIX: deactivated verbose debug output