JEP: 411 How JGDMS utilises the Java platform

2021-05-29 Thread Peter Firmstone
This is provided as information only I'm not looking for arguments, debate or even requesting functionality, I'm just documenting what JGDMS does now, unfortunately JGDMS appears to be too entangled with current security API's at its foundations to be easily migrated, I guess that will depend o

Re: JEP: 411 How JGDMS utilises the Java platform

2021-05-29 Thread Peter Firmstone
Something else that JERI does that RMI doesn't is transfer the Subject from a calling thread in one JVM to the thread invoked in another JVM, so you have user principles, and service principles mixing in numerous JVM, all while only granting the minimal permissions required to perform role / ta