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Re: [stellation-res] WVCM API Problem
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Gossage" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:54 AM
Subject: [stellation-res] WVCM API Problem
> I have been going through the WVCM API and have found a problem area that
> makes it unnecessarily difficult to use strong authentication. Since
JSR147
> is in the public review period until Dec. 3, 2003, I believe we should
> submit a comment to that group. The generalization that is necessary to
make
> it easy to use strong authentication is trivial and I could prepare a
short
> document for us to review if you would like.
>
I forgot to mention that I am planning to write a document that will
recommend that we use JAAS as our authentication and authorization
framework. Given this our current authentication and authorization support
can be simply encapsulated in a JAAS wrapper. This approach will allow us
and others to easily provide strong authentication for Stellation.
Regards
Jonathan
