Thanks, we appreciate that!

Jani

2008/9/26 Peter_Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>
> jani,
>
> I'm asking some of the Microsoft people interested in OpenSim to have
> a look at this. A known insecure solution will not be acceptable in my
> enterprise.
>
> -- Peter
>
> On Sep 25, 2:26 pm, "Jani Pirkola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > how long you can wait for us to figure out how/what to do?
> > Even if using SSL and plaintext password on top of that isn't the best
> > solution, it is a good option, right? How much work that would cause on
> our
> > end? I really would love to see the AD/AM implemented and if John is
> doing
> > it ... we should give support.
> > If we go that way now, can we change it later to be smarter?
> >
> > Best,
> > Jani
> >
> > 2008/9/25 Matti Kuonanoja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Sending password as plain text might be possible if the connection is
> > > encrypted exp. with SSL. But as Mikko said it isn't best practice.
> >
> > > I don't have a solution to this right now. We must research this
> > > matter more to get authentication scheme where we support existing
> > > methods like openID, AD etc.
> >
> > > On 25 syys, 00:14, "Jani Pirkola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > MattiK,
> >
> > > > can you figure out how to solve this one? We need to do it anyway so
> why
> > > not
> > > > do it as soon as possible to help John to help us.
> >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Jani
> >
> > > > 2008/9/25 Hurliman, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > > >  I started work on a simulator LDAP authentication module (it is
> > > > > surprisingly simple using the .NET/Mono libraries), but ran into an
> > > issue.
> > > > > The client currently sends MD5 hashes of passwords instead of the
> > > plaintext
> > > > > password, and you must feed the plaintext password to the .NET
> library
> > > to do
> > > > > a proper bind. Even if a different LDAP library was used (or a new
> one
> > > > > written) it would still require a client modification to get the
> > > passwords
> > > > > in a different format. Worse still, there are several different
> > > > > authentication mechanisms depending on how your AD/OpenLDAP/etc
> admin
> > > has
> > > > > configured the service. The client would need to do an exchange
> with
> > > the
> > > > > login server to agree on a supported hashing format, or send the
> > > password in
> > > > > plaintext. I'm not in any position to do client modifications so I
> put
> > > this
> > > > > project on hold. If I'm missing something obvious or you discover a
> > > > > workaround please let me know and I can resume working on this.
> >
> > > > > John
> >
> > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > *On
> > > > > Behalf Of *Jani Pirkola
> > > > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:22 AM
> > > > > *To:* [email protected]
> > > > > *Subject:* Re: AD/AM for enterprise authentication?
> >
> > > > > Peter,
> >
> > > > > thanks for bringing this up, it helps us to prioritize tasks when
> we
> > > know
> > > > > which ones are actually wanted. We already had this on our list so
> that
> > > we
> > > > > will hopefully enable AD for realXtend during this year.
> > > > > G2 Proto, do you think you and your group could contribute some
> help to
> > > > > this task?
> >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Jani
> >
> > > > > 2008/9/18 Peter_Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > > > Active Directory / Application Mode looks very appropriate for
> > > > > leveraging enterprise SSO services from Active Directory while
> > > > > maintaining the application-specific information about a user's
> avatar
> > > > > identity. Pluggable authentication systems like this will greatly
> > > > > simplify realXtend's adoption for enterprise use. Information on
> AD/AM
> > > > > is available at
> >
> > >
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/adam.msp...siteerattuteksti
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