OSC using an external user auth system

[beach_defender]

Hi, I'm interested in integrating OSC into a much wider community site which will use its own user management system. I want to modify OSC to use the sites login and authorisation system - has anyone done this?

[jpf]

No..... However you possably could use there user name/password in OSC...I have seen this done with phpNuke.

[beach_defender]

MMM, I was sorta hoping that we could use overload a few of the OSC security functions with a wrapper that exposed a SOAP based service that would something like SASL or SAML to participate in an application network. We need to use the shop in connection with our own portal, and our hope is to test some of the Web-Services boundaries. For example we have a user administration system that allows people to look into a range of services and we want to provide a bunch of items on a subscription basis. The services themselves will be web-service components as well as traditional FMCG style ggods. At present these are targetted at Community groups and special charities. My company however would like to see this build into a viable alternative to high priced and inefficient propietary markets.

We are working with many of the PEAR Packages and would be keen to satay in touch with the OSC folks. Thanks
Barry

[jpf]

Short answer:
Have fun

Long answer:

Using SSL already provides 128 bit encription and security - you could use XML and SOAP with SASL or even SAML. However these are all just protocols. Any XML protocol could be done with php and OSC - but it would require quite a bit of re-writting. Not impossable - I am not that famuilar with XML and these protocols. But have not found anything that can NOT be done with php/osc if some one puts there mind to it.

Good Luck!