The very first NIM password prompt -- customer feedback needed.

[Jeffrey Altman]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> Jeffrey Altman <jaltman at secure-endpoints.com> writes:
>
>> Note that changing the dialog to prompt for SUNet ID at Stanford would
>> not provide correct behavior because although the software is
>> distributed centrally by Stanford , many of the User IDs that user's
>> obtain are for realms or domains that are not part of SUNet.  For
>> example, students or faculty that perform research at SLAC or access
>> research resources at other universities with which there are
>> partnership relationships.
>
> Correct.  Any branding of identifier would have to somehow be
> per-identity, since it would be wrong if, when a Stanford user was
> obtaining a credential for MIT, they were prompted for a SUNet ID.
>
> I've seen other proposals about branding that don't use names but instead
> use pictures or some other differentiator per identity.  The branding I
> don't think is a significant feature for us; I just wanted to note it in
> my previous note to say that I can see where the desire is coming from.
The proposed branding was for use with NIM 2.0 when the user is not
entering identities as user and realm but instead selecting them off of
the list of known identities.  In that case, the realm is already known
and the branding can be applied on a per-realm basis.  In fact, the user
could brand on a per-identity basis by selecting her own images much as
is done for identities in IM clients.

Jeffrey Altman

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