From 2e8ad46ad4667d5e6f813c13bb8fadd93e5985cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Sargent Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:48:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] footnote - online edit of handbook/troggle/trogregistr.html --- handbook/troggle/trogregistr.html | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/handbook/troggle/trogregistr.html b/handbook/troggle/trogregistr.html index e5af631c3..4054d4e8a 100644 --- a/handbook/troggle/trogregistr.html +++ b/handbook/troggle/trogregistr.html @@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ Handbook Troggle Development - + +

CUCC Expedition Handbook: Troggle

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Troggle Login and user registration

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Troggle Login and Django-registration

Done as of April 2021

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We did option #1. No problem. +

We did option #1. No problem. But see 2025 footnote.

Position as of June 2020

Troggle has two "users", each with a password. They are managed by entirely separate systems:

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    We write out own code to manage the "expo" user's capabilities and login GET/POST form (which would still have to use Django's form POST mechanisms because of session handling, CRSF security, cookies etc. etc.).

    It might appear that proposal #2 would be on the road to eventually leaving Django, but because of the security issues it wouldn't really. This would all need to be rewritten again when we leave Django. So I think Proposal #1 will require less wasted work. +

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    Footnote 2025

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    As troggle expands its capabilities we have been discovering that we could really use an individual user identification system. +

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    So in January 2025 we introduced our own simple user registration system which stores the data as encrypted entries in JSON files, since we have a "file first & re-import" storage architecture whereas all other Django systems use a "database first" system. +

    This new registration system integrates with the experimental "expo signup" system whereby people we don't (yet) know can sign up to request to come on expo, and be easily distinguished from attendees from previous expos.

    Return to: Troggle design and future implementations
    Return to: Troggle intro
    Troggle index: Index of all troggle documents
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