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John David Anderson  
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 More options May 29 2008, 3:13 am
From: John David Anderson <anderson.jo...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:13:01 -0600
Local: Thurs, May 29 2008 3:13 am
Subject: Re: Recommended User Authentication setup?
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On May 28, 2008, at 10:57 AM, 703designs wrote:

> I'm working with Cake right now, and I thought that ACL was my answer
> to this question, but it seems that Cake's ACL (ACL in general, I
> suppose) only deals with roles, etc:

> "It should be noted that ACL is *not* a system that is meant to
> authenticate users. You should already have a way to store user
> information and be able to verify that user's identity when they enter
> the system."

> Well, this is all good and well, but the user authentication systems I
> develop, while being functional, leave quite a bit to be desired, and
> I really wouldn't trust them beyond the limited purposes for which
> I've deployed them. To put it simply, I expect that a framework like
> this one would make developing a sane user authentication system a bit
> easier for a developer like myself.

ACL != Auth. It's *related* to authentication, but so is the  
FormHelper. The criticism you're leveling here doesn't quite make sense.

In any case, I might check out the AuthComponent (which works well  
with the ACL stuff). Chris' tute should be a good starting point.

-- John


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