List Server - Revision history

Zehra: /* See also */ improved display of content

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2010-01-09T19:37:34Z

typo

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	==Future==		==Future==
	A large project is underway to upgrade the underlying technology behind the list server and global authentication. The main goals are to make the system more robust and extensible. To this effort work is being done to move away from a PHPBB based user manager, and ~~tward~~ a system based on LDAP. The project has been ongoing for over two years and has over 10,000USD spent on it from Google Summer of Code Funds.		A large project is underway to upgrade the underlying technology behind the list server and global authentication. The main goals are to make the system more robust and extensible. To this effort work is being done to move away from a PHPBB based user manager, and toward a system based on LDAP. The project has been ongoing for over two years and has over 10,000USD spent on it from Google Summer of Code Funds.

	More info can be found on the [[BZAuthd]] page.		More info can be found on the [[BZAuthd]] page.

2010-01-07T21:11:24Z

mention BZAuthd as the wave of the future.

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	The list server is subject to the BZFlag [[List Server Usage Policy]]. This policy states what the intended uses of the service are, as well as accepted behaviors of it's users are.		The list server is subject to the BZFlag [[List Server Usage Policy]]. This policy states what the intended uses of the service are, as well as accepted behaviors of it's users are.

			==Future==
			A large project is underway to upgrade the underlying technology behind the list server and global authentication. The main goals are to make the system more robust and extensible. To this effort work is being done to move away from a PHPBB based user manager, and tward a system based on LDAP. The project has been ongoing for over two years and has over 10,000USD spent on it from Google Summer of Code Funds.

			More info can be found on the [[BZAuthd]] page.

	==See also==		==See also==

2010-01-07T20:42:59Z

It's now PHPBB3.

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	==Technology==		==Technology==

	The list server is written in php and runs on top of an apache web server. It uses a pair of MYSQL databases to store data. The user portion of the database is shared with the ~~PHPBB2~~ software that isused to run the BZFlag forums. The source code for the list server is licensed under the LGPL as part of the [[BZFlag Source\|BZFlag Source Code]] under the 'db' project.		The list server is written in php and runs on top of an apache web server. It uses a pair of MYSQL databases to store data. The user portion of the database is shared with the PHPBB3 software that isused to run the BZFlag forums. The source code for the list server is licensed under the LGPL as part of the [[BZFlag Source\|BZFlag Source Code]] under the 'db' project.

	=== URL ===		=== URL ===

2007-11-21T02:16:58Z

Hosting

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	==Hosting==		==Hosting==

	Currently the list server runs on the same web server as the official BZFlag bulletin boards ~~found at http://my.BZFlag.org/bb/~~ in the United States.		Currently the list server runs on the same web server as the official [[BZFlag Forums\|BZFlag bulletin boards]] in the United States.

	=== Outages ===		=== Outages ===

2007-11-21T02:13:49Z

Global Registration

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	==Global Registration==		==Global Registration==

	The list server is the authentication point for the [[Global Registration]] system. The registration system lets users tie their user accounts from the f[[BZFlag Forums]] to the playing account.		The list server is the authentication point for the [[Global Registration]] system. The registration system lets users tie their user accounts from the [[BZFlag Forums]] to the playing account.

	The list server is used to verify each users login credentials and provide a temporary token for the client to pass to the game server. The game server then verifies the token with the list server, and gets any authentication info it may need, such as user groups.		The list server is used to verify each users login credentials and provide a temporary token for the client to pass to the game server. The game server then verifies the token with the list server, and gets any authentication info it may need, such as user groups.

2007-11-21T02:13:41Z

Global Registration

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	==Global Registration==		==Global Registration==

	The list server is the authentication point for the [[Global Registration]] system. The registration system lets users tie their user accounts from the ~~forums (http://my.~~BZFlag~~.org/bb/)~~ to the playing account.		The list server is the authentication point for the [[Global Registration]] system. The registration system lets users tie their user accounts from the f[[BZFlag Forums]] to the playing account.

	The list server is used to verify each users login credentials and provide a temporary token for the client to pass to the game server. The game server then verifies the token with the list server, and gets any authentication info it may need, such as user groups.		The list server is used to verify each users login credentials and provide a temporary token for the client to pass to the game server. The game server then verifies the token with the list server, and gets any authentication info it may need, such as user groups.

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