Application agents

To use Raven authentication on a webserver you need to implement a 'Application Agent'. This could be built-in to a web application (such as a CGI script or a PHP program), or it could be an 'Authentication handler' for the webserver that you are using. This is a pseudo-code example of how an Application Agent might be implemented: Pseudo-code_Application_Agent

Application Agents are available for various platforms and with varying levels of support.

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Supported by the University Information Services

• Apache authentication module (for Apache 2.0, 2.2, 2.4)
  • Installing the Apache authentication module under MacOS X

Provided by the University Information Services

... but not officially supported

• Windows IIS authentication module (obsolete - for IIS V6 ONLY) Use Shibboleth_documentation_and_HOWTOs instead.
• Ucam-WebAuth-AA Perl module
• PHP library
• Servlet filter

• Apache lookup module Deprecated, for Apache 2.2 only (see Mod authnz ldap for a better way to implement access control in Apache based on information in Lookup).

• Django module Currently used by Development Operations within UIS

Provided by others

• Tomcat authenticator and JAAS implementation
• Tomcat Valve
• Ruby Support (including CGI, Webrick and Ruby on Rails)
• JAVA Servlet Library
• Python
• Catalyst
• Drupal
• Symfony2