[security-dev] IDM API/Implementation

[Bill Burke]

On 8/22/2012 11:47 AM, Anil Saldhana wrote:
> Hi all,
>     (Shane will add more info to this thread soon)
>
> Shane has been driving the standalone IDM API/Implementation project in
> the PicketLink umbrella. This is a brand new project.
> https://github.com/picketlink/picketlink-idm
>
> The Key classes/interfaces are:
> https://github.com/picketlink/picketlink-idm/blob/master/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/picketlink/idm/IdentityManager.java
> https://github.com/picketlink/picketlink-idm/blob/master/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/picketlink/idm/model/IdentityType.java
>
> The Manager has a simple api for user/role/group.  Now each of these
> types (User,Role,Group) is an IdentityType (implying they get attributes).
>
> So for an user, if you want to store/retrieve/represent certificates,
> password recovery Qs, you can do so as attributes.
>
> Currently implementation is done using JPA.
>
> There is plan to do an LDAP implementation.
>

I would also suggest text file based impl, as well as a layered hybrid 
federated solution.  What I mean by that is the security developer 
receives one interface to query from, but the information may be 
contained in a variety of sources, LDAP, text file, keystore, DBMS, 
HTTP.  For example, a company might not want to store private keys 
within an LDAP server, but is quite happy storing user/roles in an LDAP 
server.

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Bill Burke
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