Hi,

perhaps this is more "AeroGear-Security VS HTTP Basic/Digest", but first some background informations:

our different "AuthenticationModule" implementations, for Android, iOS and JavaScript, were created for the AeroGear-Security REST-APIs, which are described here:

http://aerogear.org/docs/specs/aerogear-rest-api/ 

Here are the three different client platform implementations:

* Android:

https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android/blob/master/src/org/jboss/aerogear/android/authentication/AuthenticationModule.java#L50-L74

* iOS:

https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios/blob/master/AeroGear-iOS/AeroGear-iOS/security/AGAuthenticationModule.h#L143-L179

* JavaScript:

https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-js/blob/master/src/authentication/adapters/rest.js#L224-L436

So, basically the interface(or the different implementations) covers the following functionality, described in the above spec:

* enroll 

* login

* logout

So far so good.

However, looking at the recent work for BASIC/DIGEST (e.g. http://aerogear-dev.1069024.n5.nabble.com/aerogear-dev-iOS-Basic-Digest-Thoughts-td2847.html), I think it might be confusing that there is no real login call against the server, like in the above codee, for AG-Security

Instead, the "login", is _only_ applying the credentials to that subsequent requests can read (a) protected URL(s). Similar to "logout": Only a _reset_ of the credentials is happening. No server endpoint is invoked.

See also http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/aerogear-dev/2013-May/002810.html

Similar to the "enroll"; The iOS proposal throws an exception, similar to the Android version:

https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android/blob/master/src/org/jboss/aerogear/android/authentication/impl/HttpBasicAuthenticationModule.java#L164

https://github.com/cvasilak/aerogear-ios/blob/basic.digest.auth/AeroGear-iOS/AeroGear-iOS/security/AGHttpBasicDigestAuthentication.m#L93-L95

To me, looks like none of the methods of the "AuthenticationModule interface" are properly used, or am I wrong? 

I think my question is: Does it really make sense to kinda try to add the BASIC/DIGEST support into the "AuthenticationModule interface"?? or, could there be something else ? 

Not sure, I guess since I am not sure, I am asking here :)

Any feedback is appreciated!

Thanks!

Matthias

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