Re: [galaxy-dev] API keys and id encryption (silly questions)

2011-08-30 Thread Louise-Amélie Schmitt
Le 29/08/2011 18:54, Nate Coraor a écrit : Louise-Amélie Schmitt wrote: Le 29/08/2011 15:52, Nate Coraor a écrit : Louise-Amélie Schmitt wrote: Hello everyone, These questions are a bit silly but I'm really ignorant when it comes to security. Sorry about that. Why use API keys instead of us

Re: [galaxy-dev] API keys and id encryption (silly questions)

2011-08-29 Thread Nate Coraor
Louise-Amélie Schmitt wrote: > Le 29/08/2011 15:52, Nate Coraor a écrit : > >Louise-Amélie Schmitt wrote: > >>Hello everyone, > >> > >>These questions are a bit silly but I'm really ignorant when it > >>comes to security. Sorry about that. > >> > >>Why use API keys instead of user names? Is it to

Re: [galaxy-dev] API keys and id encryption (silly questions)

2011-08-29 Thread Louise-Amélie Schmitt
Le 29/08/2011 15:52, Nate Coraor a écrit : Louise-Amélie Schmitt wrote: Hello everyone, These questions are a bit silly but I'm really ignorant when it comes to security. Sorry about that. Why use API keys instead of user names? Is it to to prevent anyone from figuring out who is behind an UR

Re: [galaxy-dev] API keys and id encryption (silly questions)

2011-08-29 Thread Nate Coraor
Louise-Amélie Schmitt wrote: > Hello everyone, > > These questions are a bit silly but I'm really ignorant when it > comes to security. Sorry about that. > > Why use API keys instead of user names? Is it to to prevent anyone > from figuring out who is behind an URL? Or did I miss the point? Hi