[keycloak-dev] Simple mode?

[Stian Thorgersen]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Burke" <bburke at redhat.com>
> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:58:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Simple mode?
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/24/2015 1:23 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> > -1000
> >
> > I can't see how this would help jboss.org guys? They have most complex
> > deployment out there.
> >
> 
> Not RHT IT!  They have a complex setup.  jboss.org guys are different.
> 
> > As fair as other JBoss projects go and allowing them to embed Keycloak into
> > their projects, this is along the lines of what I proposed. Although this
> > is proposing to change the behaviour of Keycloak not just remove features.
> >
> > For other users I don't see the use-case. We should instead focus on making
> > sure Keycloak has the required features and is easy to use.
> >
> 
> They have a performance issue.  The redirects and processing required
> just to login (or to check a login) is pretty large for them for pages
> where a login really isn't important and all these pages are interested
> in is 1) is the user logged in 2) what is their userid/full name so they
> can link to a profile page.  These pages have zero need for a token or
> session management.

The simple case there is just for the static web pages though. They still have SSO to issues.jboss.org for example, which will need proper tokens.

> 
> Bill
> 
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