The most common approach for adding Central Authentication Service (CAS) support to a custom stand-alone PHP application is through the phpCAS Library. As of April 2024, the most recent version was phpCAS 1.6.1. Note: If you are using an earlier version you should upgrade as soon as possible to obtain the latest security patches.
The basic approach to using the library is to:
From Wikipedia (Central Authentication Service):
There are dozens if not hundreds of commercial web hosting solutions available outside of Georgia Tech, but use of them for Georgia Tech related websites is not recommended for a number of reasons:
There are a number of options available to you for hosting a website at Georgia Tech, but the first question to ask yourself is whether you need an internal or public website:
An internal website is only available to a subset of the Georgia Tech population (or, at best, most anyone who has a Georgia Tech affiliation). These sites are well suited for sensitive information that shouldn't ever be shared publicly.
Several options are available for creating an internal website:
The most important security practice for web application software is to keep up with your software patches. The more commonly used the application, the greater a chance that someone out there is looking for insecure installations to hack.
Below are some helpful tips on how to use the SSH to get command line access your web hosting site via a Windows or Mac computer.
Weekly backups of all OIT Web Hosting accounts now happens automatically. However, if you wish to to more frequent backups for an important site that changes regularly, the following instructions below explain how to configure the Plesk control panel on OIT's web hosting to keep automatic backups of your entire site.
First, read this general FAQ on how to create scheduled backups.
Example code of how to retrieve a person's gtaccount (gburdell1) using command line.
For each of the examples given below, the command will start with this line:
ldapsearch -x -LLL -h whitepages.gatech.edu -b "dc=whitepages,dc=gatech,dc=edu"
For example,
ldapsearch -x -LLL -h whitepages.gatech.edu -b "dc=whitepages,dc=gatech,dc=edu" mail=george.p.burdell@gatech.edu
mail=george.p.burdell@gatech.edu
This section contains information about Georgia Tech's LDAP system and ways of accessing it.
