[Ssc-dev] Authentication, Authorization and Architecture

[Harlo Holmes]

that's a great idea, Bryan!


On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Bryan Nunez <bryan at witness.org> wrote:

> I'm not sure if there are existing libraries, but if we are looking for an
> advanced math/cs person I can ask the people at the AAAS volunteer
> scientists program, who've offered to help in the past.
>
> -b
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <
> hans at guardianproject.info> wrote:
>
>>
>> Aren't there existing libraries for this kind of thing?  A new, complex
>> auth
>> API that needs to be secure sounds like a very large project.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On 03/06/2013 04:22 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:
>> > Barbra and I met today about the problems we're facing with
>> > authentication, authorization and architecture for the InformaCam
>> > backend.
>> >
>> > We decided to continue on two concurrent paths. She'll design both the
>> > public and private APIs and I'll design the security using the APIs as
>> > a black box.
>> >
>> > Due to the potential complexity, specifically around authorization, I
>> > would like to propose bringing in an advanced math/CS expert in
>> > authorization rules for large scale distributed systems. Is this a
>> > possibility? A candidate would be someone with complex transaction
>> > processing experience in a distributed environment under the
>> > constraints of hundreds of access rules.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Lee
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