What about changing the FXA server to authenticate against AD instead of using 
a mysql database?  Then the only thing that would need to change is the server, 
which any client could connect to.  The only drawback is that it wouldn't be 
true SSO, as you would need to provide the credentials the first time it is 
setup.

On 2014-07-03 12:24, Toby Elliott wrote:
> 
> On Jul 3, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Richard Newman <rnew...@mozilla.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you're looking to build your own client software stack, reusing some of 
>> Mozilla's code, you can start building your own auth on top of Sync.
> 
> This is a path (albeit a scary one). The tokenserver is authentication 
> agnostic - if you want to build a module into it that will accept Kerberos or 
> another auth system, that's pretty doable. However, you'll have to modify 
> Firefox to speak that protocol (including making sure that the client-side 
> encryption is working properly).
> 
> Toby
> 


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