Re: [phplib] Remote session/authentication From: Guillaume Desclaux (gdesclaux <email protected>)
Date: 07/31/01

> John-Mason Shackelford wrote:
> > What even ACS doesn't provide in the permissions area (and what will
> > become
> > important in the next few years) is the ability for sites to share
> > permissions and
> > authentication services with other sites.

In this case you need to share the session variables of this user too...

> If I am a user on one site, I
> > shouldn't
> > have to re-authenticate to be gain access to materials on another
site.
> > Furthermore, I shouldn't have to re-enroll on a second related site,
for
> > an object
> > owner on that site to assign me permissions. Using SSL and XML all
of
> > this is
> > within reach.
> >
>
> I am interested in this problem. I've had it in my mind
> for as long time, and I always postponed the solution to the moment
I'll
> need it, but it woulf be really nice to start developing some ideas of
> that for the future PHPlib 8

Do you try to use the "standard" : Radius :
http://www.livingston.com/marketing/products/radius.html
http://www.radius.cistron.nl/
http://www.freeradius.org/

You can look also for this particular project :
http://itpct.ucdavis.edu/projects/distauth_1197.html

Bye

Guillaume 

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