The university has single sign on. I believe basically anything on campus can use that for authentication purposes.
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 22:54 -0600, Devlin Daley wrote: > I'm just curious as to why you need to verify someone's Route Y > credentials. > > I dislike immensely providing that password to units other than the > actual Route Y. That situation easily lends itself to non authorized > impersonation. Is it absolutely necessary? > > An easier method if you absolutely must: just attach directly to > BYU's LDAP. If you can login to the LDAP with their username/ > password, it's legit. Just disconnect when your done. > > The University should really provide a mechanism so that the Route Y > credentials can be used around campus, without having everyone give > their password away. I think I've got a way around it -- hopefully > I'll get it implemented this summer. > > -- Devlin > > > > > On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Michael L Torrie wrote: > > > Armed with knowledge gained on this list that route y login does not > > have anything to do with javascript, and with Trevan's information > > about > > the live http headers plugin for firefox, I was able to construct a > > simple php function that follows the mess of byu's redirects and is > > able > > to return a simple true or false answer when I need to verify a user's > > route Y credentials. > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
