Re: simple user authentication

2012-03-18 Thread Bob Harner
My advice... "Roll-your-own" can be okay for simple cases, but home-grown security implementations, even for such "simple" cases, can have subtle security vulnerabilities that a well-tested library like Tapestry-security probably won't. And many "simple" cases evolve into complex ones over time, so

Re: simple user authentication

2012-03-18 Thread Taha Hafeez Siddiqi
Hi On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:50 AM, Paul Stanton wrote: > Hi group, > > Is it recommended to use a security module such as tynamo's tapestry-security > when all you require is username/password authentication to a couple of pages? > If the project is going to stay at "a couple of pages of authent

simple user authentication

2012-03-18 Thread Paul Stanton
Hi group, Is it recommended to use a security module such as tynamo's tapestry-security when all you require is username/password authentication to a couple of pages? Is there a simpler add-on module? Is 'roll-your-own' a generally accepted practice for a simple implementation? Discuss...