Re: New Package Proposal: Enterprise A&A
| From: | Pierre-Alain Joye | Date: | Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:14:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: New Package Proposal: Enterprise A&A | ||
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:10:01 -0600 (CST)
Tony Bibbs <tony@tonybibbs.com> wrote:
> I won't rule that out. And I to be clear, I read the PEAR descriptor
> on LiveUser. It may aim at the same tasks, I agree there, but the
> *big* differences are a) web service-based and b) architected to
> support single sign-on. Again, I have a big picture in mind which is
> to support the liberty project's interfaces which can be done minimal
> work with what we I have. Don't read this wrong, I'm taking it a tad
> personal just because I wrote it but if you have a plan for how these
> two might be merged I'd like to hear them.
We have exactly the same plan :), anyway, competive packages are
possible in pear.
> The guts of it (authentication/authorization) are trivial IMHO.
It's not so trivial, and it is a different level.
> The real value is having it as a service and on a platform that can
> meet Enterprise needs.
I always like to read this kind of marketing sentences ;-))
pierre