[Opensim-dev] rex auth & avatar systems (Re: future rexviewer merger)

[Cristina Videira Lopes]

Charles Krinke wrote:
> Dear Crista:
>
> Perhaps you can help me understand a couple of things.
>
> Is it true that an avatar on an OpenSim grid, such as OSGrid could 
> teleport from a HyperGrid enabled region on OSGrid to another OpenSim 
> grid such as UCIGrid and end up with an avatar identification such as 
> <first>.<last>@osgrid.org?
Yes.

> For instance, my avatar is "Charles Krinke". So, would I end up on 
> UCIGrid after the HyperGrid teleport as "Charles.Krinke at osgrid.org". 
> At that point, would I expect to be able to access my inventory back 
> on OSGrid while on a region on UCIGrid?
Yes. That's the current state of things. I think we should restrict 
access when the user is in foreign grids, although there is a large 
spectrum of access control strategies that can be employed, some 
technical, others TOS-ish.

> Before getting too deep into permissions issues and partially finished 
> logic, my current thought has to do with a simple concept. That is, 
> capitalization. I would argue that "charles.krinke at osgrid.org", 
> "Charles.Krinke at OSGrid.org" and "cHaRleS.KrInKe at OsGriD.ORg" are all 
> the same avatar and I wonder if we are considering that notion?
Internally what matters is your UUID. The name is only for other people 
to be able to recognize you. But this is related to the policies that 
OSGrid, and other grids, have in place for user registration. Do you 
accept registrations from two different users, one named Charles Krinke 
and the other named charles krinke? If you do, then there can be two 
users with almost the same name.

> I also am assuming that the reverse is either working or contemplated. 
> That is, a user on UCIGrid teleporting from a HyperGrid enabled region 
> on UCIGrid to a HyperGrid enabled region on OSGrid and would end up on 
> OSGrid as <first>.<last>@ucigrid.edu and similarly be able to access 
> his/her inventory back on UCIGrid.
Yes.
All of this is already happening. In almost all meetings in WP for the 
past couple of weeks there have been people participating who come from 
their own grids.
:-)

Crista

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