Critique of counterproductive password policies, using Barclaycard as an example, and suggestions for more user-friendly, secure authentication.
Discusses the limitations of Django's built-in authentication system (contrib.auth) and the need for a more flexible alternative like django-newauth.
A guide to setting up and testing OAuth providers like Google, Facebook, and Twitter for user login, including local development configuration.
Explains how to use OpenID with Google Apps to secure internal company applications, replacing VPNs for a cleaner authentication workflow.
Announcing a new OAuth 2.0 client implementation for GNU Emacs, now available via GNU ELPA for accessing APIs like Google and Facebook.
A tutorial on using a Glimpse plugin to inspect Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) claims in an ASP.NET application for easier debugging.
A technical article discussing a flaw in Apache's mod_authnz_ldap module and a proposed patch to improve LDAP user authentication.
A guide on integrating Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service for federated authentication in the Orchard .NET CMS.
Diagnosing and resolving intermittent LDAP authentication failures in OBIEE 10g when connecting to Microsoft Active Directory.
A developer solves a TortoiseSVN authentication issue caused by using the svn:// protocol instead of https:// for commits.
Exploring the idea of automatic login via notification emails, discussing the tradeoffs between usability and security.
A technical guide for troubleshooting EBS-BI integrated authentication by validating session cookies directly in the Oracle database.
daloRADIUS update deprecates old user portal authentication method, introduces new password and permission settings for better security.
A developer troubleshoots an ORA-01017 error in Oracle BI Applications (OBIA) despite valid credentials, exploring JDBC driver and case-sensitivity issues.
A guide to organized FreeRADIUS 1 & 2 sample configuration files, located in the contrib/configs directory.
Troubleshooting an OBIEE authentication failure caused by an expired cookie from a misconfigured F5 load balancer in an EBS integration.
Fixing ORA-28001 and ORA-01017 errors when changing expired passwords on Oracle 11g using 10g clients.
A developer critiques specific pain points in Django's framework, including password reset limits, admin/user identity, and email encoding issues.
A tip for Oracle Technology Network (OTN) forum users to reduce frequent login prompts by using a specific URL format.
A tutorial on implementing user authentication in ASP.NET MVC using the RPXNow service, which supports multiple identity providers like Google and Facebook.
