Re: [Hamlib-stationserver] Updated Requirements Doc

[Tony L. <vk...@gm...>]

On 7/03/2014 2:07 AM, Art Botterell wrote:
> A small update is online at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/files/stationserver/documents/requirements/StationServer%20Requirements%20DRAFT%202.pdf/download>
>
> I hope everyone who can will take a few minutes to look it over and comment.
The thing that caught my eye here was the reference to multiple users.  
I don't believe it's the job of Stationserver to handle multiple users.  
I envisaged it as a single user system, with multiple user capabilities 
being provided by an add-on, such as a remote base add-on, which would 
handle all the multiple user requirements such as authentication and 
access control.

Thinking again though, there may be a use for a (very basic) user 
authentication mechanism.  The question is whether this is best 
implemented by default (which would be a nuisance for a single user 
shack, and especially annoying in the case of someone who runs clients 
and servers on the one PC - though localhost could always be given 
permission), as an optional switch or as an add-on.

I'm somewhere between not having multiuser capability in the core 
product or having it available via a configuration option, and only a 
basic set of access controls at this level.  One of the assumptions here 
is that one entity still manages the entire system - whether that be an 
individual or a club, and there is a reasonable expectation of a degree 
of trust and personal knowledge of the users (i.e. regularly in face to 
face contact and can be personally validated).  If this trust isn't 
there, then we have a remote base situation.

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