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[jsr375-experts] Re: 1-TerminologyAuthInteractionVsStore ACTION: cast vote

From: arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:03:10 +0100

Hi,

On Monday, March 23, 2015, Alex Kosowski <alex.kosowski_at_oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Arjan,
>
> Does this indicates your preference, or is it just the term Shiro
> happened to use?
>
> It was just a starting point.
>

Okay ;)

>
>
>
> David Blevins: Store
> Arjan Tijms: Authentication Store
>
> Authentication Store is fine with me. Store seems a little broad, but
> less typing.
>

Yes, for me too just store would feel too broad. AuthStore would seem to
work at first, but I agree with Les who stated in another thread that we
shouldn't use just "auth" anywhere.

While very common, it unfortunately makes it hard to distinguish between
authentication and authorization.

So we now have;

David Blevins: Store
Arjan Tijms: Authentication Store
Alex Kosowski; Authentication Store

Anyone else?

Kind regards,
Arjan Tijms




>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> On 3/20/15 8:56 AM, arjan tijms wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The doc is a great start, thanks Alex :)
>
> I noticed that relevant to the issue described in this thread, the
> document has chosen the term "Realm" for the concept of "the store where
> users/callers and optionally the group/role data resides".
>
> Does this indicates your preference, or is it just the term Shiro
> happened to use?
>
> What about a round of voting (non-binding at this stage, just to test
> the waters)? That way we at least can establish a working term that we can
> use in the different discussions and issues that have already all started
> to use different terms.
>
> The list of proposed terms is now the following:
>
> 1. security provider (WebLogic)
> 2. realm (Tomcat, Shiro, some hints in Servlet spec)
> 3. (authentication) repository
> 4. (authentication) store
> 5. login module (JAAS)
> 6. identity manager (Undertow)
> 7. service provider
> 8. relying party
> 9. authenticator (Resin, OmniSecurity, Seam Security)
> 10. user service (?, used by 375 JSR)
> 11. authentication provider (Spring Security)
> 12. identity provider
>
> I'd like to ask everyone on this list to vote for your preferred term.
> David had already expressed favoring "store" in the JIRA issue, which is
> together with "repository" also my favorite, although I like to prefix it
> with "authentication".
>
> So the current outcome is:
>
> David Blevins: Store
> Arjan Tijms: Authentication Store
>
> Kind regards,
> Arjan Tijms
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:25 AM, Alex Kosowski <alex.kosowski_at_oracle.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alex.kosowski_at_oracle.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I created a draft document for adding/editing EE Security API Terminology
>> on an on-going basis.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eaNCUa78Eytt73WYvDHrsS3klTzHL0xD5vswHhT-KVY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> This a Google doc viewable by the public and editable by those in the
>> Google Group jsr375-experts_at_googlegroups.com, of which all of you should
>> be a member. <http://jsr375-experts@googlegroups.com,>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> On 3/8/15 5:01 PM, arjan tijms wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> A while ago I createdhttps://java.net/jira/browse/JAVAEE_SECURITY_SPEC-1, which seeks to
>> establish clear terminology for two concepts that often come up in
>> authentication:
>>
>> 1. The (user) interaction method via which credentials are obtained
>> (FORM, BASIC, etc)
>> 2. The store where users/callers and optionally the group/role data resides
>>
>> Not only do I see very different terms being used for both of these
>> concepts which is a problem by itself, but the lack of consistent
>> terminology makes it unclear what people are really asking at times.
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Arjan Tijms
>>
>>
>