Goals for viewer authentication (was: Re: [sldev] Re: Viewer Auth Feedback)

[Tateru Nino]

One of the things about the proposed viewer authentication that I'm hazy
on is Linden Lab's actual _goals_ for the new system. Most of what I've
seen is assumption of goals, or allusion to goals. It occured to be
today, reading through the viewer critique that a lot of the goals seem
to be the ones we _assume_ Linden Lab to have for the system.

What, exactly is the bulleted list of goals that a change to the
authentication system is to meet? I mean, we can criticize the system
generally - but we can't necessarily propose one that is more acceptable
to Linden Lab unless we're sure of their acceptance criteria, no?
Otherwise we're talking in circles hoping to stumble on something that's
acceptable by happy accident.

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Tateru Nino
http://dwellonit.blogspot.com/