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Preliminary list of possible front-end methods to authenticate users.
  
 
* For now https://obs.sugarlabs.org requires Basic HTTP Auth.
 
* For now https://obs.sugarlabs.org requires Basic HTTP Auth.
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* CAS, most regular way with a need to provide login/password, useful for people who are out of Sugar Sehll (and certificate based method does not work implicitly).
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* Using users certificates, useful for people who need to be authenticated from Sugar Shell when Sugar might do some routines under the hood.

Revision as of 08:38, 20 September 2011

Summary

This is initiative to permit a user to access multiple SL resources while providing their credentials (such as userid and password) only once.

Resources to authenticate on

Authenticate front-end methods

Preliminary list of possible front-end methods to authenticate users.

  • For now https://obs.sugarlabs.org requires Basic HTTP Auth.
  • CAS, most regular way with a need to provide login/password, useful for people who are out of Sugar Sehll (and certificate based method does not work implicitly).
  • Using users certificates, useful for people who need to be authenticated from Sugar Shell when Sugar might do some routines under the hood.