Hi,
I am building a Python web application and we will need a user identity verification solution... something to verify the users identity during account registration.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience in integrating such a solution. What vendors/products out there have worked well with you? Any tips?
I don't have any experience in this matter so feel free to let me know if any additional information is required.
Thanks in advance!
You should have a look at WS-Trust. A implementation of that is Windows Identity Foundation. But I'm sure You'll find more.
There are many different ways to implement a verification system, the concept is quite simple but actually building can be a hassle, especially if you are doing it from scratch.
The best way to approach this is to find a framework that handles the aspect of verification. Turbogears and Pylons are both capable of this rather than doing it yourself or using third party apps.
Personally I have worked on commercial projects using both frameworks and was able to sort out verification quite easily.
User verification utilizes specific concepts and low level technology such as: the internet's stateless characteristic, session handling, database design, etc...
So the point I am making is that it would be better if you rather got a good, stable framework that could do the dirty work for you.
By the way what framework are you thinking of using? That would help me give a more detailed answer.
Hope this helps?