[Opensim-dev] Proposal for using OpenID in OpenSim

[Ryan McDougall]

How do you see that fitting in with the PDF on the wiki? Can you add
commentary there, so I can compare the viewpoints?

I have to admit my OpenID n00bishness and need for education on the
matter.

Cheers,

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 15:48 +1200, Belxjander Serechai wrote:
> I see the whole thing as this,
> 
> Login "Doorway" servers for Authentication,
> Region "Location" servers for Interactive environment,
> Asset "Material Provision" servers for materia in the Location,
> Inventory "Owned Posession" servers for usage as "storage lockers"
> 
> Each "region" can access "Asset Index" resources on one or more
> "Asset" services,
>   and each "Client" may have one or more "Inventory" services used,
> 
> Viewing an regions may "block" certain Inventory or Asset usage based
> on "community standard" for that region,
>   similar to the voluntary rating systems for "social taboo" or other
> "dont do that here" activities...
> 
> each "region" basically becomes like a website,  but the main
> difference is any "viewer"/"browser" is able to interact
>   with other viewer/browser clients,  similar to passing someone
> outside in the real world
> 
> Client Login
>  Request "Region" using "Doorway" URL
>   "Doorway" response needing OpenID at service (page display or other means ?)
> 
> Client POST "OpenID at service",
>   "Doorway" query "OpenID at service" IsValid()
>   "Doorway" response "OTP:session-key:regioninfo"
> 
> Client Connect "session-key:regioninfo"
>   Client Query "region" <start placement>
>   "Region" response feeds "Primitives" and "Assets"
> 
> What is stopping pre-loading Assets and prims similar to HTTP pipe-lining?
>   or having 2 or more pipelines of loading objects?
> 
> Why not have Assets and Inventory referenced by URI and indexed?
>   "local objects" like prims are to be kept as part of the server information,
>   "Asset" and "Inventory" reference may or may not be "local"
> 
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:07:14 +0900, Ryan McDougall wrote:
> 
> I'm having a little trouble following the diagram without some
> 
> Do you think you could explain your slides on the list here?
> 
> It sounds intriguing, and I think a lot of people are thinking along the
> same lines, but the details have to be fleshed out more.
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