On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:06:30AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Besides, doing this in java isn't all that hard. The downside > >>is the memory footprint. > > > >One issue with running the GUI in Java is getting the security > >and authentication right; this often requires "roll-your-own" which > >is way too hard for most to get right.
For the time being, the problem is easily solved: Visual Panels runs as the user and the SMF repository handles authorizations for us. > Which is why people should use JAAS, JCE, and JGSS since these all > provide linkages to the underlying platform authentication. Thanks for the pointers. > We have Java interfaces for doing role and authorisation checking in > SMC. Maybe we should try and get that code released as a set of > standalone classes (in ON even). Interesting... how familiar are you with that neck of the woods? Are these interfaces we could consider making public? Dave _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
