[Zope-dev] Single Sign On

[Shane Hathaway]

Gary Poster wrote:
> Launchpad uses OpenID.  We don't have that slated for abstraction and 
> open-sourcing immediately. However, most of the Launchpad code 
> (including this bit) is to be open-sourced by this summer, abstracted or 
> not.  Therefore, we should at least be able to give you some idea of 
> what we have done before then.
> 
> I've forwarded your email to the primary implementer/designer of our 
> OpenID integration.  Hopefully he can directly participate, or at least 
> give me some answers to forward to you.

Cool, thanks.

> Generally, we're using python-openid for the Zope code, and an Apache 
> plugin as a front-end for hooking up other bits.

In that case, what do you pass to Consumer.begin()?  It expects a user 
URL and no password, yet launchpad.net accepts a user name and password.

Shane