[Qgis-developer] QEP and PR for new Authentication Configuration System

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Larry,

Sorry - I can't comment on a technical level.

But as a user I very much welcome such a safe password/connection 
storage combined with a password manager. I bothered me a lot to see 
passwords when hovering a layer in the layer manager, and to see the 
plain text connection info in the .qgs file. I know, there are 
workarounds (e.g. .pgpass), but most users are not aware about it.

Thank you for already considering QGIS server to correctly deal with the 
authentication, where there is no user input.

Andreas

On 19.01.2015 20:07, Larry Shaffer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have drafted a QEP [0] for the introduction of a new authentication 
> configuration system that is protected with a master password, and its 
> associated pull request [1], which includes a fully functional 
> implementation with bindings, unit tests and test server 
> (Tomcat/GeoServer).
>
> Direct link to QEP preview: [2].
>
> Please test if you have the available time. Note the new dependency on 
> QCA (and its OpenSSL plugin), which will need built and installed 
> first. Contact me if you need help with that, as I have built QCA 
> 2.1.0 on all major platforms.
>
> Note: I am looking for another core developer willing to review the 
> code in exchange for *payment*. Please contact me directly if you are 
> interested.
>
> [0] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/17
> [1] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/1838
> [2] 
> https://github.com/dakcarto/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/auth-system/qep-authentication-system.rst
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry Shaffer
> Dakota Cartography
> Black Hills, South Dakota
>
>
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