[sldev] [Upcoming Changes] Website Viewer Authentication

[John Hurliman]

Alias.Schilling wrote:
> Oh joy! A third level of SL - grid, viewer and now the net too...?!? I
> really question the security of large quantitities of id info flowing from a
> web page to a viewer on a regular basis and am really not sure I'd want to
> use it...
>
> Is one thing to do basic account issues on the net but surely the log-in
> screen - or an elemnt of it - could be a "secure unit" that HAS to occur in
> every viewer as part of the terms of service? 
>
> Why not get a security firm to implement security authentication into the
> viewer front-end?!? A Linden Labss Secure Log-in Module should occur in
> EVERY viewer as aay of providing the security required and this security
> should be implemented by security specialists bought in by Linden Labs not
> an internal team (eg "Second Life Log-in - auhenticated by Symantec")
>
> Regards,
> Alias Schilling
>   

My main viewer (TestClient in libsecondlife) works by passing username 
and password on the command line, and I'm not about to hire Symantec to 
rubber stamp that :-).

John Hurliman