[thelist] cascading authentication

Mark Groen evolt at markgroen.com
Wed Aug 23 15:53:07 CDT 2006


On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 16:42 -0400, John DeStefano wrote:
> Here's a relatively simple query regarding a more complex problem: say
> a pool of users log in to different systems via various different
> authentication methods, including grid certificates, Kerberos, LDAP,
> BasicAuth... is there an existing technology that can manage those
> users via some sort of cascading authentication method?  For example,
> if a user presents a grid certificate, that user is authenticated; if
> not, a Kerberos token is sought and checked; if not, an LDAP password
> is checked; etc.
> 
> Is it possibly in any way to unite users with such diverse
> authentication methods, without forcing adherence to a single method?

You might be interested in this application:

http://www.sxip.com/

-- 
cheers,

        Mark




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