[volunteergrid2-l] mod_proxy protected gateways -- common user file

[Brad Rupp]

On 2/2/2011 8:54 PM, Jody Harris wrote:
> I thought of that, too.... :-)
>
> Another thought:
> If each person could create their own entry in the user table, then each
> user's password would be always confidential.
>
>    - Each user could publish their entry to a mutable file in the grid,
>    - then supply the capability to the "gatekeeper."
>    - The gatekeeper could add the information to the cronjob
>    - The gatekeeper_cronjob would generate the central file.

One other thought on this.  How will we handle users that leave the 
grid.  Say I leave grid and you don't want me accessing the public 
gateways anymore.  As it stands right now, each gateway operator would 
need to remove me from their user file.  Maybe that is good enough given 
the few users we will have.  However, we do need to think about this.

Brad