Dear All, We are pleased to announce the first beta release of the The Plexcel Library for Zend Framework.
This library includes two Zend_Auth adapters and a Zend_Controller plugin for integrating ZF applications into corporate and University networks using Microsoft Active Directory. More info is in-lined below but the package and formal description are available on our website here: http://www.ioplex.com/zf_library.html The SPNEGO Zend_Auth Adapter: SPNEGO the Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication mechanism used by Internet Explorer and Firefox in an Active Directory network. SSO means that users do not enter their password. Their existing domain credentials are used to automatically authenticate using Kerberos. The Kerberos Zend_Auth Adapter: If the user is not logged into the AD domain, SSO will not transpire. For this reason, a second Kerberos adapter is provided for use with a traditional HTML login form. The Plexcel Zend_Controller Plugin: The Zend_Controller plugin coordinates using both the SPNEGO and Kerberos login adapters together. The plexcel-zf package is also a simple MVC application that demonstrates how easy it is to add a register the plugin in your bootstrap file. This library uses the Plexcel PHP extension which can be used to perform a wide variety of otherwise difficult tasks. When retrieving user information from AD attributes like times are automatically converted into values that are ideal for PHP. Windows group membership checks are very fast and operated on the fully expanded list of nested groups. You can set passwords, manipulate objects in the directory like groups and do much much more. We hope to hear from you. Sincerely, Mike -- Michael B Allen PHP Active Directory SPNEGO SSO http://www.ioplex.com/
