On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Charles Benett wrote:
> write access would be great. I'm keen to crack on with extending James.
> I think I'll have a go at an LDAP user manager/ repository next. Then an
> IMAP server (which is a major project). If anyone has had any thoughts
> on those areas, I'm happy to avoid reinventing the wheel.
Well I scheduled myself to do IdentityManager,
Authenticator and Authrorizer blocks sometime in
future.
IdentityManager basically is a way to access a group
of identities/users. However it should be generic enough
that identity can be described by any number of means. ie
you could use string usernames, certificates etc.
The Authenticator takes an Identity from Identity manager
and tries to assert that a particular entity is that
Identity. They do this via some Authentication procedure
(usually password but could be encrypted strings etc).
Authorizer determins if the Identity is allowed to access
some resource or perform some action. ie only identities
with role of admin may be able to update feature X.
> Who else is actively working on James other than Sege and Fede?
no one
> Are
> there any other projects that I need to be aware of or that need doing?
> I guess I need an account on the cvs server?
If you know enough about DNS or like reading RFCs the DNS
resolution is broken. Basically it will only try to follow
one redirection. You need to turn it into a loop. I don't
feel confident enough to attempt it exactly unless someone
could me a list of test cases and how they should resolve
but are really broken :P
Cheers,
Pete
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