Connecting through Zend-Auth to TikiWiki
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http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.auth.html details the Zend-Auth mechanism. As Magento is based on Zend, it is believed that Magento can authenticate through the Zend-Auth system to backend authentication schemes such as Central Authentication System (CAS) http://www.ja-sig.org/products/cas/
CAS is supported by many other platforms such as TikiWiki.
- Magento → Zend-Auth → TikiWiki (within one domain)
- Magento → Zend-Auth → CAS → TikiWiki (cross domain)
- Magento → Zend-Auth → CAS → PEARCAS → TikiWiki (cross domain)
Zend and Magento |
Magento uses Zend as a platform. It is assumed that if something can authenticate with Zend then it will be able to also authenticate to Magento.
Zend and TikiWiki |
It appears that Zend and TikiWiki may be able to share backend authentication information even without CAS. In this configuration, however, the multiple sites would have to share a domain name.
http://de.tikiwiki.org/xref-trunk/nav.html?lib/core/lib/Zend/Auth/Adapter/Interface.php.source.html
Zend and CAS |
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Auth_Adapter_Cas outlines a CAS authenticator for Zend. It appears, however, that this has not progressed beyond Proposal, its first milestone: # Milestone 1: is “DONE” Initial proposal published for review. Not marked as done: a working prototype, unit tests, etc.
According to that page, the code is nowhere near complete. Given it’s age (March 2008, almost a year ago), and no further updates, it appears that this has not been worked on since.
Further, there is no component listed for CAS in the Zend Framework wiki: http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF - unlike Zend_Auth_Adapter_OpenID and Zend_Auth_Adapter_Ldap
- “I’m currently using the PEAR CAS library, but having CAS integrated into ZF would be great!” http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Auth_Adapter_Cas?focusedCommentId=8947291#comment-8947291
Zend and CAS and PearCAS |
(under review)
Magento authentication sessions |
To investigate we will begin by looking for authentication information stored in Magento.
related information |
- “Magento have their own framework wrapped around Zend called Mage” http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=85055
- http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/8941/ - Howto override “authenticate” method in app/code/core/Mage/Admin/Model/User.php
- http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/9915/P45/#t102307 - Joomla /WordPress/ Drupal integration
