Or OpenID. b. On 2 December 2010 11:48, Ken Guest <ken@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:06 AM, AmirBehzad Eslami > <behzad.eslami@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Dear list, >> >> We have dozen of applications, mostly written in PHP and Python. >> They're distributed on different servers, but i'm trying to integrate them >> somehow. >> >> Each application has its own users. >> Is there a way to store all username/passwords into a single datasource >> and give each user, her proper permissions? >> >> Since i'm just a php-programmer, i *thought* of a MySQL database to >> hold these data, and then use a SOAP-Server to handle the authentication >> across those applications. >> >> Once a user provides her username/password, a SOAP Request will be >> made to a PHP-Driven Authentication Server, which handles the job to >> check the permissions and user's identity. >> >> It sounds slow, isn't it? Is there a better solution? >> How do you make authentication across a network of applications? >> >> > > OAuth comes to mind... > > > -- > http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php