# Central authorization

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/central-authorization/144591>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 31, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/central-authorization/144591 "2008-07-31T09:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@lazx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazx)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/central-authorization/144591/1 "2008-07-31T09:56:37Z")

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I am building a couple applications (rails, java, some other legacy  
apps) and would like to have centralized authorization.  
Authentication is handled through JA SIGs CAS (Central Authentication  
Service).

Has anyone attempted this in RoR and would like to provide some  
pointers?

Thanks!