Re: What is the best (and simple) way to implement security in a Phoebus solution?

["J. Lewis Muir via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On 04/21, Oscar Ibañez via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hi everybody again,
> 
> I have a new doubt about Phoebus. Now it is about security.
> 
> Is there any recomendable solution to implement username authentication in
> Phoebus? I mean, some kind of solution to save critical information
> (password hash?) that, then, it will be used to authenticate an user. I have
> been reading some information about it, but always in the CSS BOY context.
> The explanations that I have found some... well, over the top. I need
> something simpler. I don't need Kerberos or something like that.
> 
> Best regards.

This sounds like the XY problem [1] to me; what problem are you trying
to solve?

Lewis

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem