Someone sent me this... http://kasai.manentiasoftware.com/
It's the authentication/permissions piece of a project. It looks like the best starting point so far. I may end up using that and build something upon it since it gets you half way there. -Marc On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Marc Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
