On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Alexandre Viau wrote:

> On 08/06/16 07:57 AM, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> > On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Antonio Terceiro wrote:
> > 
> >> On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 09:47:56AM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> >> for authentication, I think you should probably use the Debian SSO with
> >> client certificates:
> >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn
> > Nope, thats http only and doesn't cover ssh. Client certificates also have
> > several problems, see enricos mails for details about it. 
> 
> Alioth accounts are first created on the web interface and then users
> upload their SSH keys. I don't see why we wouldn't do the same with gitlab?
You will just end with a second tool for ssh keys. I dream of some central
self service tool (maybe like freeipa) which can be used as a source for
authentication. 

> I can see the following:
>  - DDs login with Debian SSO and upload their public key on the web inteface
>  - Debian Contributors are able to create -guest a account and upload
> theur public key on the web interface
I personally think it sucks to have another identity provider. So if you use
svn for one team and git(lab) for another, you will have to maintain your
stuff twice. I would like to prevent that.

Just my 2 cent

Alex

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