CASA is an open source component infrastructure for securely storing credential and other confidential data that can be used for authentication, single sign-on (SSO) and other purposes by users, services and applications on a desktop or server operating system.

Features

• Open Source and part of the SUSE distribution (Also available on Windows).
• Credential service for Enabling applications to single sign-On.
• Leverages the Desktop identity and login for access control.
• Scalable and fault tolerant.
• Cross-platform support (Linux, and Windows).
• Supports managing multiple identity repositories (GKring, KWallet, FireFox Password Manager).
• Provides a storage (vault) for credentials and secrets.
• Supports multiple authentication schemes.
• Forward compatible.
• Network Authentication component is token based.
• Provides the ability for a single point of management for multiple credential stores.
• Supports session based or presistant storage for credentials.
• Supports sharing of credentials.
• Supports linking of credentials in the CASA store.

CASA is Not

• A Network or desktop login infrastructure.
• Mechanisms/APIs for changing and setting passwords in applications.
• Application login policy enforcer

The Software

• The software and documentation for CASA can be downloaded from CASA