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Re: libsvn_auth

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_collab.net>
Date: 2002-05-23 14:46:35 CEST

"Glenn A. Thompson" <gthompson@cdr.net> writes:

> Hey:
>
> Greg Hudson wrote:
>
> > Is that "authentication" or "authorization"?
>
> Boy do I want to know more about this.
>

In a nutshell:

  * gstein is talking about "authentication". There is authentication
    code dribbled throughout our client app, libsvn_client, and
    libsvn_ra_*. Ultimately, it's all just a way of getting
    authentication data into neon, so neon can repsond to
    authentication challenges from apache. This is the stuff gstein
    wants to split out.

  * authorization is currently all via httpd.conf, or via repository
    pre/post-commit 'hook' scripts. After 1.0, we'll be working on
    ACLs within the svn filesystem.

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