[Opensim-dev] Basic HTTP authentication

[Diva Canto]

The authentication I'm adding does not affect the Simulation connectors; 
just the ones between the simulators and the robust services. If you're 
not using robust, this doesn't affect you at all.

On 5/24/2014 6:25 AM, Ovi Chris Rouly wrote:
> Hi Crista,
>
> I use the HTTP protocol when my agents "breed" (instantiate/create) entirely new agent users during runtime.  As you say, the code base hasn't changed in some time.  So, this feature of my individual-based model has been stable and predictable for some time.
>
> As you may recall from previous conversations, I use the hypergrid configuration in a standalone form on a single machine (AKA serverless grid) with 16 simultaneous instances.
>
> Do you anticipate that the changes you're making will impact legacy users like me and that I may loose the ability to create new users via the HTTP interface?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chris
>
> Ovi Chris Rouly
> George Mason University
>
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:56:36 -0700
> From: Diva Canto <diva at metaverseink.com>
> To: opensim-dev at opensimulator.org
> Subject: [Opensim-dev] Basic HTTP authentication
> Message-ID: <537FB604.9070603 at metaverseink.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm about to send up a patch that adds an optional Basic HTTP
> authentication to robust service connectors. This restores the very old
> "password" that existed in OpenSim a few years ago and that was removed.
> This time, it's done using the standard HTTP protocol. My patch uses a
> generic authentication object interface whose concrete class can be
> changed as needed. Right now there's only BasicHttpAuthentication class,
> but if someone wants to use something else, it should be easy to write
> another class that does something different.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Crista
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Opensim-dev mailing list
> Opensim-dev at opensimulator.org
> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
>
>