Re: [DotGNU]can we implement Java for our auth system?

[Jeremy Petzold]

Barry,

I read your Paper on the RLS system, it intrigued me.
the system is clear, simple, and straight forward, and such a system would be 
simple to add into applications like word processors, and IDEs, ect.
the one question that I have is why is there no standard token format? what 
advantages does that give to the system that having a standard format does not?
I would think that it would make it more difficult on the server side to 
process the RLS with out a standard format. Am I missing something?

other than that, I believe that the RLS system would be a very good route to 
go. what have you put together as of right now?
On Mon, 16 July 2001, Barry Fitzgerald wrote:

> 
> Jeremy Petzold wrote:
> > 
> > After giving it much thought, I came to the conclusion that a pure Java 
> > implementation would be slow and bloated. I was thinking of a server side 
> > app that would, after you click the button, establish secure connection 
> > with the client and query the information from the browser. after I thought 
> > about it, I realized that this could be done with very little Java, and a 
> > perl or Python script. that combonation would most likly give ust the most 
> > power and extencebility for such a system. also, the code involved would 
> > have to be very little.
> > 
> > side thought. to stay away from a plug in, the script could  keep a list of 
> > the XML info databases for each system based on the type of browser they 
> > use. like, if IE were the browser, the script would go to the .NET Personal 
> > DATA XML document to retrive the information, and if it were mozilla/NS it 
> > would know where to get that information, ect.
> > 
> 
> Actually, this is not at all conceptually dissimilar to something that I
> was thinking about when myrddian and myself were coming up with the
> details for the RLS spec (available from
> http://www.dotgnu.org/spec/rls.htm) and the tokens spec (soon to be
> released).  Take a look at the RLS in the meantime.  I should have the
> tokens spec up soon.
> 
>     -Barry
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Regards,

Jeremy
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