I don't know if I understand your comments about ca-helper app correctly. The purpose of the ca-helper app is to enable users submit certificate requests from web browsers (currently, from browsers that support KEYGEN tag), download and install issued certificates into web browsers. Access to the ca-helper application should not be controlled by "geronimo-admin" realm and also the application exports certificates with appropriate mime type for user certs and ca cert. ca-helper is not exactly the one that plugs in to Geronimo Console and becomes the CA portlet. ca-helper app and CA portlet have no common functionality.
Vamsi On 1/11/07, Paul McMahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/10/07, Kevan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul, > Are you suggesting that we should start architecting the console to > be more pluggable? Or suggesting that Rakesh rewrite these viewers? We've talked about architecting the console to be more pluggable and I'm definitely in favor of that. But until that effort gets underway we still have the capability to make UIs pluggable into Geronimo by implementing them as standalone webapps. ca-helper is a good example of this approach. So really my question was whether or not Rakesh would consider wrappering the viewers as webapps that can then be installed as Geronimo plugins instead of integrating them directly into the console as portlets. If that's not going to work out then I'm fine with Donald's suggestion of integrating in their current form and making them into plugins later. The viewers are definitely a value contribution to Geronimo and I look forward to seeing them in our next release. Best wishes, Paul
