* Tore Anderson via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> [2020-02-21 11:54]: > Hi WG. > > In the LIR Portal, at https://lirportal.ripe.net/api/, it is > possible to issue API keys for use with several different RIPE NCC > services. > > However, it is unfortunately not possible to issue API keys for the > two APIs that are used for database maintenance; Syncupdates and the > RESTful API. The documentation implies that the only authorisation > [sic] method for those APIs is MD5-PW.
Hello,
I would support a modern approach to authorisation with the WEB API.
I don't think it should be bound the LIR portal (as there might be
users who are not an LIR). But some sort of API-friendly
authentication for maintainers would be appreciated, maybe coupled to
SSO user accounts. Just sending the password as an URL parameter is
not really a modern approach, also you would need to change the
maintainer password every time someone leaves the company.
Best Regards
Sebastian
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