RE: [PEAR-DEV] New Package Proposal: Enterprise A&A

The idea is you can have one user who uses multiple applications authenticate against one username/password combination. This provides an easy, service based way to manage user accounts and application access rights. --Tony On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, LIMBOURG Arnaud wrote: > If I understood correctly your concept of provider is indeed what liveuser > calls container. Meaning you can use those provided with the package or > write your own. > > I don't understand the "single credential set" thing. Could you explain me ? > > Arnaud. > > > I'll have to synch up with the Live User semantics at some > > point. The > > Enterprise A&A system is pretty flexible. There is the concept of a > > provider (i.e. any backend used for A&A such as SQL DB's or > > LDAP) and they > > can be added on the fly. Apps have a choice of using an > > existing provider > > or implementing their own...it's up to them. However, the > > power of the > > system is leveraging single credential sets (i.e. use of as > > few providers > > as possible). > > > > I'm not sure how 'container' is meant in Live User. Does my > > A&A provider > > = Live User Container? > > > > --Tony > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------| Tony Bibbs | "I guess you have to remember that those who don't | tony@tonybibbs.com | hunt or fish often see those of us who do as | | harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you | | think about it, that might be a fair assessment." | | --Unknown | ------------------------------------------------------------------------|