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*[http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/secure_storage_architecture.htm Secure Storage Architecture] | *[http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/secure_storage_architecture.htm Secure Storage Architecture] | ||
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| + | Need to review the [[Architecture Council/Minutes May 15 2008#Sessions, Role-based Access and Security |AC's meeting minutes]] prior to the creation of this e4 API. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:35, 26 October 2009
Status: no progress yet
A component should be able to request authentication in a way that the end user perceives as consistent.
Since each back end will have different requirements with respect to authentication, we probably need to support multiple mechanisms.
See also: OAuth in the OpenSocial Gadgets spec
Eclipse 3.x API
The org.eclipse.equinox.security and other associated bundles provides an authentication mechanism for the storage of passwords.
- Secure storage reference
- Secure storage development overview
- Developing with Secure Storage
- How secure storage works
- Secure Storage Architecture
e4 (Java)
Need to review the AC's meeting minutes prior to the creation of this e4 API.