[Ssc-dev] Authentication, Authorization and Architecture

[Harlo Holmes]

I'd like to think that, as far as this authentication module is concerned,
every client should get the "high end". I also expect that we can extend
this to the glsp build as well, as the project is slated to be done in
january 2014.
On Mar 6, 2013 5:14 PM, "Lee Azzarello" <lee at rockingtiger.com> wrote:

> I have some colleagues in this field but I would need to know the
> value of bringing in someone for this role. I just spoke to Hans about
> some of the different clients for InformaCam and it looks like there
> will be a clear "low end" and "high end". This is a compelling case to
> develop components that can be installed for different levels of
> complexity.
>
> -lee
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Harlo Holmes <harlo.holmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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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