[Design] [Cosmo] [Proposal] Anonymous login with Ticket + Password

[Grant Baillie]

On 30 Aug, 2006, at 18:04, Ted Leung wrote:

> On Aug 30, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
>
>> After speaking with Priscilla, I wanted to clarify something about  
>> the Optional Password Proposal: http://lists.osafoundation.org/ 
>> pipermail/design/2006-August/005275.html
>>
>> If the sharee signs up for a Cosmo Account, how difficult is it  
>> for us to store the Collection Password with the Account? I  
>> realized I was assuming that sharees wouldn't need to enter the  
>> password if they login with an account, but that wasn't made  
>> explicit in the write-up.
>
> I'll defer to Brian or Bobby on the difficulty of storing  
> collection passwords with accounts.
>
> I do have a different question though.  My use of Chandler involves  
> me running the desktop client to update my calendar and then  
> sharing those calendars via iCal.    I have two iCal scenarios.
> 1. Julie is using iCal as her calendar at home and I want her to  
> view my work calendar so that she knows when I have phone calls  
> scheduled.
> 2. I subscribe to all my Calendars in iCal because iCal can sync my  
> calendars to my phone.
>
> What happens to clients like iCal, etc if we password protect  
> collections or if we require accounts in order to access calendar  
> collections?

iCal already will show you a username/password dialog if the server  
returns a 401 (Unauthorized) response when you try to subscribe. So  
long as Cosmo returns a 401 (and not a redirect to an HTML form),  
things should work.

--Grant