Implement a reusable web authentication system.

for everything else to come.

http://blog.slaks.net/2015-10-13/web-authentication-arms-race-a-tale-of-two-security-experts/

It is now known as konfederation.

https://github.com/DimensionSoftware/konfederation

• Register authenticjs.org .
• Create a static site with documentation and examples.

• It should provide a set of routes for authentication (login, logout, 3rd party auth, etc).
• It should NOT dictate how a user is stored.
  • Instead, we should provide an API that lets one define how a user is stored so that this system can be adaptable to other people's requirements.
• It should facilitate a workflow for forgotten passwords.
• It should facilitate a registration workflow.
• It should provide a system for federated authentication (so many sites can share the same uers). This is for empire builders.
• LiveScript should not be a runtime dependency.
• It should NOT provide any authorization primitives. That's out of scope for this library.

https://github.com/DimensionSoftware/authentic-server

https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/2216

We're using LiveScript, but many of the same challenges apply.

I don't care what database you use.

All I care is that you can provide me with functions that conform to an API I define for accessing user information.