[TangerineSDR] Question for everybody about SWXnetwork authentication

[Scotty Cowling]

I agree too!

73,
Scotty WA2DFI

On 2019-08-07 13:37, Engelke, Bill via TangerineSDR wrote:
>
> Whew, good. I was hoping that was what everybody would want; but I 
> didn’t want to make a decision without checking first.
>
> *Decision is: we’ll have our own authentication, no interoperation 
> with any social network*.
>
> TNX es 73 – AB4EJ
>
> P.S. – if you change your mind, be sure and do like all my previous 
> clients, and don’t tell me until I have coded it and tested it the 
> other way. (hi)
>
> *From:* Nathaniel Frissell <nafrissell at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 7, 2019 2:38 PM
> *To:* TAPR TangerineSDR Modular Software Defined Radio 
> <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org>
> *Cc:* Phil Erickson <phil.erickson at gmail.com>; Engelke, Bill 
> <bill.engelke at ua.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [TangerineSDR] Question for everybody about SWXnetwork 
> authentication
>
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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