On 18-05-2020 18:42:24 -0700, Alec Warner wrote:
> TL;DR: What if we launched id.gentoo.org[1], an identity provider that 
> provides
> authentication for Gentoo properties? Basically, 1 username / password for 
> wiki,
> bugs, email, forums, and any other http service[0][1].

I'd be in favour of SSO for all http-, imap- and smtp-based Gentoo services.

Thanks,
Fabian

> 
> Today Gentoo has numerous systems that mostly work in a segmented way.
> 
>  - To connect to hosts, we use ssh keys.
>  - Git is authenticated via ssh keys.
>  - Email uses LDAP passwords.
>  - Bugzilla has its own identities, with their own passwords.
>  - Wiki is separate, with its own passwords.
>  - Forums are separate.
>  - Infra has an additional 4 systems that use separate credentials.
> 
> Some applications support 2FA (such as wiki.)
> Some applications do not support 2FA.
> Applications that require 2FA have a configuration for each app, so you have N
> configurations.
> 
> If we configured id.gentoo.org[2] you would have 1 identity across all gentoo
> properties.
> 
> Is this a thing people are interested in?
>  
> [0] It's unlikely operations for git via ssh would change in this rollout.
> [1] Its unclear if the scope is "gentoo developers" or "any community member."
> The former have LDAP accounts and @gentoo.org[3] email addresses and so we can
> manage them easily; managing 1000s of other accounts in the IDP remains to be
> seem.
> 
> 
> References
>    1. http://id.gentoo.org
>    2. http://id.gentoo.org
>    3. http://gentoo.org

-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level

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