Hi! You're right, this isn't really Cassandra-specific. Most languages/web frameworks have their own way of doing user authentication, and then you just typically write a plugin that just stores whatever data the system needs in Cassandra.
For example, if you're using Java (or Scala or Groovy or anything else JVM-based), Apache Shiro is a good way of doing user authentication and authorization. http://shiro.apache.org/. Just implement a custom Realm for Cassandra and you should be set. /Janne On Dec 12, 2013, at 05:31 , onlinespending <onlinespend...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I’m using Cassandra in an environment where many users can login to use an > application I’m developing. I’m curious if anyone has any advice or links to > documentation / blogs where it discusses common implementations or best > practices for user and password authentication. My cursory search online > didn’t bring much up on the subject. I suppose the information needn’t even > be specific to Cassandra. > > I imagine a few basic steps will be as follows: > > user types in username (e.g. email address) and password > this is verified against a table storing username and passwords (encrypted in > some way) > a token is return to the app / web browser to allow further transactions > using secure token (e.g. cookie) > > Obviously I’m only scratching the surface and it’s the detail and best > practices of implementing this user / password authentication that I’m > curious about. > > Thank you, > Ben > >
