Re: Centralizled Authentication

AmirBehzad Eslami wrote: > Dear list, > > We have dozen of applications, mostly written in PHP and Python. > They're distributed on different servers, but i'm trying to integrate > them somehow. > > Each application has its own users. > Is there a way to store all username/passwords into a single > datasource and give each user, her proper permissions? > > Since i'm just a php-programmer, i *thought* of a MySQL database to > hold these data, and then use a SOAP-Server to handle the > authentication across those applications. > > Once a user provides her username/password, a SOAP Request will be > made to a PHP-Driven Authentication Server, which handles the job to > check the permissions and user's identity. > > It sounds slow, isn't it? Is there a better solution? > How do you make authentication across a network of applications? Central directory service accessed with LDAP. Typical examples include Microsofts Active Directory, Novells eDirectory and openLDAP. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-1.4°C)