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GOAL

Implement a reusable web authentication system.

b 10 years ago
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I need this

for everything else to come.

b 10 years ago
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Web Authentication Arms Race

b 9 years ago
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rename

It is now known as konfederation.

https://github.com/DimensionSoftware/konfederation

b 7 years ago
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Marketing

  • Register authenticjs.org .
  • Create a static site with documentation and examples.
b 10 years ago
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Requirements

  • 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.
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Implementation

b 10 years ago
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Packaging Issues

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

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

b 10 years ago
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Storage Agnosticism through Abstraction

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.

b 9 years ago
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