[sldev] Re: Goals for viewer authentication

[Tateru Nino]

A lot depends on the requirements then. One centralized design might
support it, and another might impede it. The devil, as they say, is in
the details.

Erik Anderson wrote:
> >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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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.
>
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>     Tateru Nino
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