Re: ClientMinPrincipal versus ClientMaxPrincipal

Gregg Wonderly wrote:
> Bob Scheifler wrote:
>>> In a subject with multiple principals that can be used for client
>>> authentication will the net effect of setting ClientMinPrincipal(A) as
>>> constraint be the same as with ClientMaxPrincipal(A) where A is a single
>>> principal?
>>
>>
>> Min(A) allows the possibility of authenticating as additional principals;
>> Max(A) does not.  But that possibility only matters if the RMI impl is
>> capable of multi-principal authentication; the standard JERI transports
>> are not.
>
> Where would be a good place to document this issue so that this potential
> different behavior is more explicitly discussed?  I'm contemplating a
> new IL
> factory which would transport all Principals except those enumerated by a
> constraint, and it sounds like I might be able to get what I need by
> using a
> slightly different implementation which might fit into the existing code
> and be
> driven by an additional constraint.

Can't you use ClientMaxPrincipal in this case Gregg? Is there a
particular reason why you want to express the principals you don't want
to expose versus the principals you are willing to expose to the server.
--
Mark

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