Authorization and Authentication

[ginny listman]

Thank you for bringing this issue to the dbwg mailing list,
David.  This is one of many topics on our agenda to be 
discussed on this list.

We would like to reopen this discussion and identify any
preferences our members may have regarding the method of
authorization and authentication to be used with our new
database interface.  This topic could also be further 
discussed during the dbwg at the Member Meeting in April.

Do you, the users of the ARIN database, have a preference
of authorization and authentication methods or general
comments you would like to make as we define the requirements
of this feature to our new database interface?

Options discussed in the past have included PGP, certificates, 
and SSL-based passwords.

All comments made to this list are appreciated, as your
feedback is very important to the process of developing the 
new ARIN registration software.

One final note is that one of ARIN's top priorities is the
database redesign to improve performance.  Although we may 
discuss authorization and authentication concerns/methods, 
realistically, ARIN will not be implementing them until next 
year.

Ginny

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David R Huberman wrote:

> Hello Ginny,
> 
> When you have a moment, can you please summarize for the dbwg mailing list
> ARIN's plans for implementing authorization and authentication methods for
> database records in the new ARIN WHOIS?
> 
> This issue has been discussed many times in the past, but nothing has ever
> been implemented in this area, and I think it may be worthwhile to resume
> the discussion of this topic.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> /david
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