[thesite] Unified Login

[Daniel J. Cody]

Joshua Olson wrote:

> Can anybody please bring us up to date on what was talked about for this
> topic?
> 
> A couple of key components are necessary for this to work:
> 
> - A unified user database to authenticate against.
> - A way to set cookies for all domains that does not compromise security but
> still let's an authenticated user be recognized by the system regardless of
> the domain they logged in to.


*and* the application language that site happens to use(see my other 
email for more on this)


> Is there a unified database that can be accessed for authentication?  If
> not, the strategy gets a whole lot hairier.


yes


.djc.