[TangerineSDR] Question for everybody about SWXnetwork authentication

[Nathaniel Frissell]

Hi Bill,

I agree... let's keep the login in-house and not use the federated API.

73 de Nathaniel W2NAF

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM Phil Erickson via TangerineSDR <
tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
>   I am strongly against any kind of federated (Google, etc.) login.
>
> Cheers
> Phil
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 12:09 PM Engelke, Bill via TangerineSDR <
> tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello All:
>>
>>
>>
>> As you may know, I am planning the functionality for the Central Control
>> System to be used for the SpaceWXnetwork (PSWS). Here, users will get their
>> account (and token, etc.) which they use to upload the data they collect
>> from their Tangerine.
>>
>>
>>
>> HERE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, an informal poll…
>>
>>
>>
>> I am taking a number of design ideas from the SatNOGS network
>> <https://network.satnogs.org/>, and designing around the Django web
>> framework; however, there is something that is often suggested for
>> Django-based web sites (that SatNOGS does not provide, as far as I can
>> see)… I am wondering if users will want the following feature (I don’t know
>> yet if this will provide all the security features we need)…
>>
>>
>>
>> You can set up a Django web site to allow log-in (authentication) using
>> Google Accounts or Twitter accounts.    And/or, you can also provide your
>> own authentication (that’s what SatNOGS does).
>>
>>
>>
>> WHAT IS YOUR OPINON? - *Do you think the ability to log in (for
>> Tangerine Data Upload) using your Google or Twitter Account is important,
>> or should we not support this? *
>>
>>
>>
>> 73 - W. D. Engelke (Bill), Asst. Research Engr. – AB4EJ
>>
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