[Opensim-dev] Coming up: region access control

[Diva Canto]

Hi all,

I just committed a piece of code that performs access control in more 
ways than what is currently expressable by viewers. Specifically, it 
allows region operators to specify things like
DisallowForeigners -- what it says
DisallowResidents -- only admins and managers allowed in the region

This is on a per-region basis, so you can have a simulator with several 
regions, each one ruled by a different policy.

If there are other policies that make sense, please let me know. Also, 
DisallowResidents may be redundant with groups in place. But as far as I 
can see, without a groups service in place, there is no way to express 
that kind of access control, and I think that kind of control is important.

This is the beginning of supporting rich access control policies in a 
federation scenario.

http://opensimulator.org/viewgit/?a=commit&p=opensim&h=33c14cb107ecb67a3e971d6adaab17d173d52747

Feedback welcome.

Diva