There have been numerous mailing list discussions about common auth methods. I feel like we end up devolving into theoretical discussions at some point, and I find it hard to evaluate different approaches without example code. Termie, Jesse, Paul Voccio, and I had a discussion in person the other day about a possible common implementation for auth.
Rationale: Openstack components need a common solution for Authentication (authn) and Authorization (authz). Mailing list discussions tend to devolve into hypotheticals, so we decided to put together a proposal and prototype, so we all see the proposed system in action. We decided to go ahead and implement a prototype. Furhter information available here: http://plansthis.com/auth It includes instructions for trying out the sample code if you so desire. Hopefully this will help us take some steps forward towards a shared auth system. Vish _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
