[Cosmo-dev] Thoughts on sharing

[Charles Mattair]

I realize that most, if not all, of the pieces we need to do this
exist.  The point I was trying to make is there is no document
in place to offer guidance in how to "bolt" them together.

Otherwise, we wind up with multiple server and multiple client ad-hoc
implementations, none of which interoperate.

Taking your ACL comment for instance, how do I handle authentication
for a shared calendar.  Does this imply an account must exist on the
sharing server for each sharee?  This would seem somewhat of a burden.

cgm

Kervin L. Pierre wrote:
> Hello Charles,
> 
> WebDAV ACLs? [ http://webdav.org/specs/rfc3744.html ]
> 
> It is a prereq for CalDAV servers.
> 
> --- Charles Mattair <cmattair at simdeskcorp.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>credentials, there was also no mechanism for
>>vectoring those credentials
>>from my server to theirs.
> 
> 
> There is kind of.  LDAP directory can contain
> multiple domains.  What's often called a 'forest'
> An LDAP server can hand-off requests for
> particular domains to other servers.  The
> problem is those domains have to be defined
> before hand.  
> 
> I can see though how 'ad-hoc' LDAP servers joining
> your authentication server would be quite risky.
> 
> Best regards,
> Kervin
> 
>