Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:27:28 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: authenticating users between websites Message-ID: <41FF5990.14802.4B422A7D@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050125194352.GK99125@seven.alameda.net> References: <41F65A6A.23011.281B9A2A@localhost>
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On 25 Jan 2005 at 11:43, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 02:40:42PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > I'm getting this request often and I'm not sure how to solve it. A > > client will have two websites and wants users to be able to browse > > freely between the websites after having logged into the primary > > website. > > > > For example, I browse to a.example.org, log in, and continue > > browsing. Then I browse over to b.example.org.... How can I be > > automagically be authenticated on that other website? > > > > cheers > > -- > > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > > BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ > > If both sites are part of the same, you can set a cookie based on the > domain. That is how sites usual do it. If you are concerned about > someone modifying the cookie local on the client side, keep also some > information about the cookie in a database which can be accessed by > both sites. Unfortunately, I've just been informed: the two websites won't even be in the same domain. This complicates matters. :) -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/
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