RE: Auth in ra_dav

> On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:39:54PM +0200, Sander Striker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it going to be possible to write a different authentication
> > mechanism than something that requires a username/password?
> > I'm talking about a plugin that might take a username/ssh private
> > key file. Ofcourse this should _not_ be stored in the wc. I
> > would be willing to invest some time in writing this if I get
> > a bit of guidance :)
>
> Other people have address this.

Sorry, I'll go through the archives...

> > But probably this is not something for 1.0...
>
> We *will* be doing client certificates for 1.0. That will put us
> on par with CVS and ssh tunneling.

Ah, good to know that the certificates are going to be in.

> The exact mechanics are unknown. We'll work with Joe and Neon to
> see what we can do, and come up with something Good.

There is no doubt in my mind about that.

In the mean time, I'll see what I can find out about possibly writing
a mod_auth_ssh / lib_ssh for per user 'tunnels'. This might have
a wider application than subversion, come to think of it.

Sander

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:36 2006