[omniORB] omniORB Authentication Methods

[Duncan Grisby]

On Wednesday 11 October, "Stephan February" wrote:

> I have been doing a bit of reading on various authentication methods with
> CORBA in general, and omniORB specifically. The two methods I've found so
> far are:
> 
>    - Enforcing a single access point (based on a paper titled "Architectural
> Patterns for Enabling Application Security")
>      I am thinking that using Custom Servant Managers allows one to achieve
> this.

I'm not sure what that means. Can you explain?

>    - Adding an authentication token as a Service Context in a *
> clientSendRequest* Interceptor.

This definitely works. I'm using it in production, and it doesn't cause
any problems.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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