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

[Erik Anderson]

>From what i'm hearing, I'm guessing that the purpose of this proposal was to
place all back-end authentication logic under the umbrella of a single
"login management" application.  After this is done, they can create
something like the Risk API to track down and rate potentially fraudulent
user logins.  I doubt that they need to have everything go through the
SecondLife.com website in order for this to work though, although it makes
it easier for them to develop.


On 10/1/07, David Kaprielian (Sabin) <sabin at lindenlab.com> wrote:
>
> It looks like there are a lot of
> questions surrounding why we're working on this project.  Initially, our
> goal was to consolidate our authentication implementation in order to
> support back-end anti-fraud work.  This remains the priority!  We
> understand your concerns of lost viewer functionality.  Thus we are
> focusing on converting the current login screen to an embedded web
> login.  This supports our back-end anti-fraud work and allows it to
> function without requiring you to login via a web page.  We're working
> on putting out a beta with the new functionality that you can try out
> yourself.  Until then, we'll continue to participate in this ongoing
> discussion.  Thank you!
>
> ~Dave
>



On 10/1/07, Tateru Nino <tateru.nino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Tateru Nino
> http://dwellonit.blogspot.com/
>
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