On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Mark McCullough <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I would be very cautious about putting your authentication framework for
> your internal systems in a remote (i.e. cloud) service.  That methodology
> seems to be asking for trouble:  security, stability, performance, you name
> it.
>
> Before I would go that route, I'd ask yourself, what is your expectation
> for availability for your authentication framework?  I'm cynical of caching
> as a be-all answer for all (okay, many) shops when it comes to
> authorization and authentication.
>
> Could I be overly paranoid?  Of course.  But we are talking about a core
> security framework for your network.  A little extra paranoia may be
> worthwhile.


 ...which is why I mentioned this as a hard thing to sell....

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