apereo / apereo/phpCAS

Error ill-formed ticket found in the URL when ticket is encrypted

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PHP
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Description

If the cas server is encrypting the ticket value (cas.ticket.security.cipherEnabled=true) the php client fails with the error: Error ill-formed ticket found in the URL

You have to set this property to false for the client to work.

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with cas.ticket.security.cipherEnabled=true and trace how the PHP client reads the encrypted ticket from the URL. Compare that path with the working unencrypted configuration; done means encrypted CAS tickets are accepted without the ill-formed-ticket error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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