Re: [security-dev] IdentityManager review - queries

On 11/08/2012 06:50 AM, Bill Burke wrote: > On 11/7/2012 3:44 PM, Shane Bryzak wrote: >> A standalone Identity Management >> "service" could theoretically provide something like a restful API and >> serve multiple applications at once. >> > YES! This is exactly what I want to see happen. Something like > Openstack Keystone. Something we can put on the cloud. Combine it with > the protocols I want to write (OAuth2 extensions and custom REST > protocls) and you have something that is completely distributed, very > scalable, and that can work both in very distributed/complex workflows > as well as simple applications. > > Ok, leave this with me for a bit. Bolek did some early prototype design work on application support for IDM, however we ended up throwing it away. I'll see if I can dig it up and work out how we can weave this into the current design. I'm guessing that this will also be an extremely useful feature for the AS guys too.