[DesDev] What's next?

[Dean Mah]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 04:00:06PM +0100, Isaac Forman wrote:

> > I don't think that anything was ever settled.  However, IIRC, 
> > the stumbling block was m.e.o.  The authentication and 
> > authorization information would be exposed to the m.e.o 
> > membership at large.
> > 
> > I think that we wanted a way of allowing members to use 
> > member credentials but not have the details given to them 
> > which would compromise security.
> > 
> > Obviously, since m.e.o is no longer an issue, designing 
> > something should be a little easier.
> 
> That's good news.
> 
> So, given that we are likely to run a number of sub-sites on servers not
> located on the same immediate network, using varying backend
> applications, the SSO is achievable.
> 
> Using what? Cookies?


It's been almost 2 years since it was first discussed in detail.
Check out the threads starting with:

   http://lists.evolt.org/thesitearchive/2001-October/003369.html

Dean