[keycloak-user] Naming of the keycloak proxy/generic adapter

Stian Thorgersen sthorger at redhat.com
Thu Aug 16 10:59:59 EDT 2018


I'm not that keen on "Generic" either. Simply OIDC adapter is nicer, but
does it need to somehow refer to the fact that it's not language/framework
specific and that it's an external process (but not proxy)?

On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 at 09:18, Schuster Sebastian (INST/ESY1) <
Sebastian.Schuster at bosch-si.com> wrote:

> My vote goes to OIDC Adapter. It just supports OIDC, that's what the name
> says. I don't think adding something like "generic" adds meaningful
> information. The shorter, the better... :)
>
> Best regards,
> Sebastian
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> -----Original Message-----
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> keycloak-user-bounces at lists.jboss.org> On Behalf Of John Doyle
> Sent: Mittwoch, 15. August 2018 16:29
> To: keycloak-user at lists.jboss.org
> Subject: [keycloak-user] Naming of the keycloak proxy/generic adapter
>
> We've begun calling the keycloak proxy the generic adapter. I think this
> is a good move, there's too many proxies. My concern with 'generic adapter'
> is that it's not specific enough. Users could be justified in thinking that
> they can proxy SAML with it in addition to OIDC. I propose that we included
> OIDC in the name to make it clear.
>
> Some Possibilities:
> OIDC Adapter
> Generic OIDC Adapter
> Universal OIDC Adapter
> Standalone OIDC Adapter
>
> Other ideas or preferences?
>
> ~jd
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