Re: [keycloak-user] Keycloak Proxy Rename

So if Keycloak Proxy is not an option (nor anything similar to that), I would also stay away from anything close to the "adapter". Therefore, +1 to Keycloak Gatekeeper (@Bruno, I changed my vote in the Polly). On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:58 PM Stian Thorgersen <sthorger(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Sure, proxy is the obvious name, but for reasons already mentioned by Bruno > it's not really an option for us. > > It comes from the Keycloak team, so it should have the Keycloak name in it. > I agree that doesn't automatically state it's a generic OIDC adapter, but > I'd like to keep our name in there. > > >From the suggestions so far there are two I like: > > * Keycloak Gatekeeper - suggested by Thomas on the poll. I really like this > and it fits nicely with Keycloak. It's also so much cooler than > proxy/standalone/etc. > * Keycloak Standalone Adapter > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 04:27, Fox, Kevin M <Kevin.Fox(a)pnnl.gov&gt; wrote: > > > Coming from the outside world, I mostly searched for oidc and proxy as > > thats what I needed. I found oauth2_proxy after a little searching, but > > have been disappointed in how slow its releases are. Bugs aren't getting > > fixed quickly. When I looked at keycloak-proxy initially, I didn't look > > closer for a while as i thought is was keycloak specific. > > > > So, something like oidc-proxy might get you more successful hits. > > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > ________________________________________ > > From: keycloak-user-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [ > > keycloak-user-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org] on behalf of Alex Szczuczko [ > > aszczucz(a)redhat.com] > > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 2:04 PM > > To: Bruno Oliveira; Hynek Mlnarik > > Cc: keycloak-dev; keycloak-user > > Subject: Re: [keycloak-user] Keycloak Proxy Rename > > > > In thinking a new name, I tried to look hard at these things: > > > > 1. what this software actually does. > > > > 2. what makes this software desirable to a user. > > > > 3. what "adapter" has meant for keycloak in the past. > > > > I'm not the best person to answer these questions, but here's what I've > > dug up: > > > > 1. Accepts HTTP requests and talks with Keycloak via OIDC to see if > > the client it serves should treat the requests as authenticated > > and/or authorized. > > > > 2. It avoids the need to install a bit of Keycloak software into the > > users' applications. > > > > 3. According to the docs[1]: Keycloak client adapters are libraries > > that makes it very easy to secure applications and services with > > Keycloak ... our adapters easy to use and they require less > > boilerplate code than what is typically required by a library. > > > > #1 is what we've been focusing on with names like "proxy". The reasons > > such names are dissatisfying is there is nothing unique about sitting in > > between two endpoints and doing stuff. So, we need to look at what that > > "stuff" means for Keycloak. > > > > #3 in combination with #2 tells us what this "stuff" means for Keycloak. > > This new software is clearly not an adapter. Actually, this new software > > accomplishes the mission of an adapter better than adapters themselves! > > > > Following that logic, Superadapter is my main proposal for a new name. > > Maybe throw in OIDC (oidc-superadapter) if there's ever going to be a > > saml-superadapter. > > > > Alternatively, we could focus on the lack of an adapter, with names > > based on terms like Adapterless: > > > > - AKI: Adapterless Keycloak Integrator > > - KOSA: Keycloak OIDC Sans-Adapter > > - AKOS: Adapterless Keycloak OIDC Server > > - KOAF: Keycloak OIDC Adapter-Free > > - etc... > > > > Alex > > > > [1] > > > https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/securing_apps/index.html#what-are-cl... > > > > Quoting Bruno Oliveira (2018-08-20 09:54:42) > > > Only to give a brief context for people not aware of it. Keycloak > > > Generic Adapter was not well accepted, because the naming is too > > > vague. So we have to reopen this discussion and think about a better > > > naming. > > > > > > During our team call today I suggested just "keycloak-adapter", which > > > would cover the apps which don't have its own specific adapter > > > solution. > > > > > > That said, maybe we should open a new poll? I just created a new one > > > where people can vote/suggest: > > > > > > https://poll.ly/#/Lbww4ebG > > > > _______________________________________________ > > keycloak-user mailing list > > keycloak-user(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > > keycloak-user mailing list > > keycloak-user(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-user > > > _______________________________________________ > keycloak-user mailing list > keycloak-user(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-user > _______________________________________________ keycloak-user mailing list keycloak-user(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-user