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.

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

If you add something new here you might want to send a short announcement to cs-raven-announce@lists.cam.ac.uk - it's a moderated list but relevant posts will be approved.

Supported by the Computing Service

• Apache authentication module (for Apache 1.3, 2.0 and 2.2)
  • Debian package available
  • Installing the Apache authentication module under MacOS X
• Raven Java Toolkit

Provided by the Computing Service

... but not officially supported

• Ucam-WebAuth-AA Perl module
• PHP library
• Crow - Raven intermediary
• Servlet filter

• Apache lookup module: Not really Raven, but expected to be used in conjunction with Raven. This will become supported once we have more experience with it.

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
• Coldfusion
• Symfony2