CAS 6.3 Upgrade

On August 8th, 2021 CalNet will upgrade to the latest version of CAS.  The look and feel will remain the same, but there are major changes to the underlying software and architecture, so it is critical that application owners test using auth-test.berkeley.edu prior to the production upgrade.

Notable changes include:

  • Improved support for OAuth and and OpenID Connect

  • TLSv1.3

  • Support for Duo Universal Prompt

  • Improved SAML support

  • Improved server health monitoring

  • Ticket Granting Ticket expiration can now be configured on a per-service basis

  • Latest versions of underlying server software including

    • RHEL

    • Tomcat

    • Nginx

    • Java/JDK