Yan,

I assume when you say 'CAS is down', you mean that your authentication backend 
is unavailable, otherwise CAS would not be able to return the password.

There is clearpass, 
https://apereo.github.io/cas/6.0.x/integration/ClearPass.html, with all its 
dangers.
It has to be enabled on a per service basis and needs the service's public key.
I think that clearpass bypasses the authentication backend. You would have to 
manipulate the login flow to only use clearpass if your authentication backend 
was unavailable.
Your client app will need to be configured/customized for both CAS protocol and 
clearpass login.

Ray

On Tue, 2019-08-20 at 13:51 -0700, Yan Zhou wrote:
Hello,

Our organization wants to make sure customers can still use their apps, in the 
event that CAS is down or unavailable (even though we have HA, etc.).

The idea is to have CAS return password in encrypted format to some apps. that 
is critical.  When CAS is down, the app. can authenticate using encrypted 
password themselves. SSO does not need to work during that time.

That smells bad, but, I know technically this can be easily done and that is 
what we have been asked to do.

What do you suggest?

Yan

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