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List:       bricolage-devel
Subject:    Re: Summer of Code 2006
From:       David Wheeler <david () kineticode ! com>
Date:       2006-04-24 19:52:19
Message-ID: 58BE0D9A-4D42-4548-906E-CAEE02E454AD () kineticode ! com
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On Apr 24, 2006, at 12:44, cristopher pierson ewing wrote:

> Beyond expanding brics authentication to work with pubcookie,  
> perhaps there are other existing auth systems that could be rolled in?

Well, Bricolage already has a pluggable auth system, and it currently  
supports LDAP auth in addition to its own internal auth. All you'd  
have to do is write a new auth plugin. See:

    http://viewsvn.bricolage.cc/bricolage/trunk/lib/Bric/Util/ 
AuthInternal.pm?view=log
    http://viewsvn.bricolage.cc/bricolage/trunk/lib/Bric/Util/ 
AuthLDAP.pm?view=log

I'm not familiar with pubcookie authentication, but the auth plugin  
modules in Bricolage are quite simple. I'm not sure that a new auth  
plugin module alone would be sufficient for a full SoC project. But  
there are other scraps that can be picked up, as well. Maybe do  
AuthSASL or AuthCyrus, too? Others know more of these auth protocols  
than I do.

> I'm a student at this school as well as an employee, and would love  
> to get some cash for working on this (although I'm part time- 
> doctoral level). Would I be eligible?

I believe so, yes. See the student FAQ for details:

   http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html

> Warning: I am a new bric user, so I don't even know if this type of  
> service already exists, I'm just shooting from the hip over a lunch  
> break here.  If I'm totally off, just let me know.

Nope, you're right on, I think.

Best,

David

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