Timothy Brownawell <tbrow...@prjek.net> writes: > On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 14:01 -0400, Stephen Leake wrote: >> Timothy Brownawell <tbrow...@prjek.net> writes: >> >> On the other hand, ssl already has its own access control. Do we >> really need another layer? > > I didn't think ssl had login names, just certificates (keys). Are you > thinking ssh here, or are there more features available than I thought?
You are right, I'm thinking ssh. I have not used ssl directly. >> I guess we do; if there are several monotone databases on a machine, >> they might want different permissions, while ssl just grants access to >> the machine. > > We do need something more detailed than "connected" vs "not connected", > for example like what get_{read,write}_permitted() currently allow. > >> Where do we write down these design decisions? > > I guess it would need a wiki (but how can it be a wiki without an edit > button?) page. I don't see anything there now, besides a brief mention > on the FutureCryptography page. There's http://www.monotone.ca/wiki/NetsyncTodo/ . We could just add stuff at the beginning of that. Or create a new wiki/Netsync2.0 (or 3.0? what version is the current netsync?) -- -- Stephe _______________________________________________ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel