>From what I understood, open ID is a specification for how to do a cross-domain single login.
But thinking about it, maybe there's an open implementation of Open ID that would be what I'm looking for. I'll have to investigate that route sometime soon. -Marc On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Zárate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Have you seen Open ID already? > > http://openid.net/ > > An open and decentralized identity system, designed "not to crumble if > one company turns evil or goes out of business" > > Cheers, > > Juan > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Marc Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Blogs, CMS, bulletin boards, chat systems, social networks, most > > RIA's... they all have something in common. Users. Users need to > > sign up and log in. Why is it that each system, even open source > > systems, end up implementing their own User management system? I bet > > there's several million login form implementations out there by now, > > that's stupid. > > > > So, does anyone know of any open source user management / subscription > systems? > > > > In general I'd want things like > > > > - Allowing users to sign up (email verification, catpcha support, > > configurable list of user details to require) > > - Assign various access levels (or attributes?) to users. > > - Allow users to log in / log out > > - Detect multiple failed logins for a user or from a source host with > > configurable temporary lockouts > > - Provide a simple API to use in applications that build upon it to > > get login status & access level (preferably language-agnostic) > > - Mechanism for retrieval of forgotten passwords (email? security > > question(s)?, combination?) > > - Provide a simple html based UI to handle all of these functions > > (including administrative functions like approving, disabling, > > changing access, etc.). > > - Provide an XML-RPC or AMF based interface to perform all of the > > functions so it's easily customizable by application that builds upon > > it. > > - Mechanism to include paid subscriptions > > > > There's a ton of full-featured CMS systems out there like drupal, > > postnuke, etc. But I'd really like a very basic user management > > system that was designed to be built upon. I fear starting with one > > of those all-encompassing packages would result in a lot of unneeded > > complexity, and a giant security risk in code that I don't even need. > > > > Weird thing is I've needed this for a personal project for a while > > now, and my day-job just asked me the exact same question yesterday. I > > have to believe there's a huge demand for it. > > > > Thanks for any info, > > -Marc > > > > p.s. much of this email copied from blog, sorry it the tone sounds weird. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > -- > Juan Delgado - Zárate > http://zarate.tv > http://dandolachapa.com > http://loqueyosede.com > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
