Re: [Neo4j] authentication on neo4j standalone server

2011-03-16 Thread Jim Webber
Hey Rick, > I think what I was primarily advocating was implementing an authorization > plugin without implementing an authentication mechanism. Yeah, me too. I hadn't thought about authentication when I mentioned OAuth. > Although I've never worked with it, my read on it is that an OAuth > auth

Re: [Neo4j] authentication on neo4j standalone server

2011-03-16 Thread Rick Otten
Good question. I think what I was primarily advocating was implementing an authorization plugin without implementing an authentication mechanism. Although I've never worked with it, my read on it is that an OAuth authorization mechanism would allow you to use OpenID authentication. It looks lik

Re: [Neo4j] authentication on neo4j standalone server

2011-03-16 Thread Jim Webber
Hi Rick, You'd not advocate OAuth? Jim ___ Neo4j mailing list User@lists.neo4j.org https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Re: [Neo4j] authentication on neo4j standalone server

2011-03-16 Thread Rick Otten
If I were architecting an authentication and authorization mechanism for Neo4j REST I would probably look at building an OpenSAML based Service Provider plugin for the Neo4j webserver. ( In the Identity Management world the Service Provider (SP) takes a look at your identity, and then grants acces

Re: [Neo4j] authentication on neo4j standalone server

2011-03-16 Thread Michael Hunger
right now either use a proxy in front or pull the server project and a simple, two line auth filter in front. perhaps we should add request-filters as an extension mechanism much like the unmanaged extensions to the server. M Sent from my iBrick4 Am 16.03.2011 um 05:28 schrieb Scott Farrar :

[Neo4j] authentication on neo4j standalone server

2011-03-15 Thread Scott Farrar
HI, I'm having a little trouble finding information on how authentication is handled using neo4j. From what I understand, a standalone implementation doesn't have this feature. With an embedded solution, I understand that you can use, for instance, authentication in Rails. Here's what I'd like to