Re: [Tutor] cross platform authenticating

2009-10-20 Thread John
On Tuesday 20 October 2009 12:41:28 pm Alan Gauld wrote: > "John" wrote > > > As you guys can see I'm just starting out in the authentication world. > > This is a list for beginners in Python not authentication. > You would probably be better off posting on a security > or authentication forum/lis

Re: [Tutor] cross platform authenticating

2009-10-20 Thread Alan Gauld
"John" wrote As you guys can see I'm just starting out in the authentication world. This is a list for beginners in Python not authentication. You would probably be better off posting on a security or authentication forum/list But you never know, lots of clever people here so you may ge

[Tutor] cross platform authenticating

2009-10-20 Thread John
Hi, Is there a general discussion (somewhere on the web) on how to 1. determine what authentication the platform requires 2. can #1 be determine dynamically 3. If I know #1 will it be cross platform? Googling reveals that there are many authenticating modules, LDAP, PAS, RADIUS, Active Directo