Certificate authentication so military users can login with a CAC card

Is it possible to configure certificate authentication directly in Canvas or can that only be done using a third-party identity provider? More specifically, can Canvas support CAC authentication which requires installing DoD root certificates on the server?

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Jeff_F

Hello @RanjeetSingh - while this doesn't answer your question I thought I'd share. A few years back we had a training agreement and we opted to create a ColdFusion webform which required use of the .mil email address along with entry of the CAC id number. The form data was used to create the Canvas account and the .mil email and the CAC# were identifiers. Our training was not 'sensitive' nor 'secret' etc. and this worked very well. There were a few instances where people entered incorrect CAC#'s thus creating a duplicate. We referred those back to their command to remedy.

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