ptloader versus sasl

[Igor Brezac]

Please keep the replies on the list.

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, barsalou wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> So just to clarify my thinking....
>
> I would use the ptloader configuration to create a process for 
> authentication, then use sasl or whatever for authorization.

Other way around.  ptloader is an authorization mechanism.

> I guess I'm not real clear on the steps that are taken and under what 
> circumstances those steps are taken.
>
> I think it goes:
>
> Authentication
> Authorization
> access granted (given the two above passed muster)
>
> I also currently believe that I can control how I authenticate as well as 
> authorize and these two mechanisms can be different.
>
> All of this is completely seperate from how things are stored and managed 
> with regard to mailboxes_db and friends. (Looks like skiplist is the best 
> until I get around to writing an LDAP connector).

-- 
Igor