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E4/EAS/Authentication

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Revision as of 11:13, 26 October 2009 by Remysuen.ca.ibm.com (Talk | contribs) (Eclipse 3.x API)

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.

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