[Opensim-dev] Coming up: region access control

[Diva Canto]

Unless you implemented your own authorization service, the 
RemoteAuthorizationServicesConnector does absolutely nothing.

On 3/17/2012 11:12 AM, Argus wrote:
> Hi Diva
>
>  Interessting new settings which i could use....
>
>  I see in the GridCommon.ini that you added AuthorizationServices = 
> "LocalAuthorizationServicesConnector". I am already using the 
> "RemoteAuthorizationServicesConnector" in a few other projects. Taking 
> a glance at the code both will not work together, right?
>
> Michelle
>
>
> Am 17.03.2012 18:15, schrieb 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
>>
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