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The extension should replace signed code (configure.jar) used for Firefox configuration. Using privileged code is not possible since Firefox 15 [1] [2]. Extension is bootstrapped which means it can be used without browser restart on Firefox 4 and later. How it works: Extension listens on each page's document element for event 'kerberos-auth-config' which should be raised on custom data element. Communication data is transferred through data element's attributes [3]. The only required attribute is 'method'. Currently there are two possible values: 'configure' and 'can_configure'. 'can_configure' method serves for detecting if the extension is installed. 'configure' method does the actual configuration. Possible optional options for 'configure' can be found in kerberosauth.js:kerberosauth.config_options. Currently they are: 'referer', 'native_gss_lib', 'trusted_uris', 'allow_proxies'. Result of a method is stored in data element's 'answer' attribute. When 'configure' method is used, the extension asks the user if he wants to configure the browser, it should prevent silent configuration by malicious pages. Possible enhancement: * add UI for manual edit * more configurations ie. for gss_lib, sspi (good with UI or with enhanced config page) * introspection of client (read ipa client install config and such) Ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3094 [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546848 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757046 [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Code_snippets/Interaction_between_privileged_and_non-privileged_pages
IPA Server
What is it?
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For efficiency, compliance and risk mitigation, organizations need to
centrally manage and correlate vital security information including:
* Identity (machine, user, virtual machines, groups, authentication
credentials)
* Policy (configuration settings, access control information)
* Audit (events, logs, analysis thereof)
Since these are not new problems. there exist many approaches and
products focused on addressing them. However, these tend to have the
following weaknesses:
* Focus on solving identity management across the enterprise has meant
less focus on policy and audit.
* Vendor focus on Web identity management problems has meant less well
developed solutions for central management of the Linux and Unix
world's vital security info. Organizations are forced to maintain
a hodgepodge of internal and proprietary solutions at high TCO.
* Proprietary security products don't easily provide access to the
vital security information they collect or manage. This makes it
difficult to synchronize and analyze effectively.
The Latest Version
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Details of the latest version can be found on the IPA server project
page under <http://www.freeipa.org/>.
Documentation
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The most up-to-date documentation can be found at
<http://freeipa.org/page/Documentation/>.
Quick Start
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To get started quickly, start here:
<https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/wiki/QuickStartGuide>
Licensing
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Please see the file called COPYING.
Contacts
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* If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,
security fixes, general news and information about the IPA server
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* If you have a bug report please submit it at:
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com>
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