[asterisk-dev] Asterisk 12 API improvements

[Joshua Colp]

Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> 1 dec 2012 kl. 14:24 skrev Joshua Colp<jcolp at digium.com>:
>
>> Olle E. Johansson wrote:
>>> "Authorization: No immediate need for multiple levels or granular permissions inside the api."
>>>
>>> I disagree. Some of my patches have been focused on being able to host multiple companies in one PBX.
>>> We do need authorization so we can implement "realms" within Asterisk - which channels are one
>>> particular user (or group) allowed to follow, manipulate and originate?
>> I think a complete authorization system with permissions would be great but starting out should not be a blocker. The design of the overall API should also not forbid such a thing.
>>
>> Why do I say this?
>>
>>  From my personal experience and seeing what others have done the view of a permissions system vastly differs and can really end up being application specific. Expressing this in a generic fashion is really hard. Take AMI classes - is everyone *really* happy with them? I'm not. If you are clever there are ways around them. That's not to say they don't get some jobs done.
>>
>> Gathering what people want from such a permissions system and tackling that in parallel would be awesome. This may actually end up really illustrating the different views of permissions and how one size can not fit all unless the deployer just submits and accepts it, but that's a wild guess. So don't just say you want one, say what you need from it. This is a chance to get it right - so don't just leave it up to guessing.
>
> I stated clearly the goal - to be able to host multiple companies in one PBX. What part of that was unclear, Josh?

Nothing was unclear, the comments were for the entire conversation and 
everyone who may be watching that want to provide input. The more input 
the better.

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