[Freeciv-Dev] Re: client/server authentication (PR#1767)

["Mike Kaufman" <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > enum authentication_type doesn't have a docu.
> > 
> > easily solved.
> 
> It is quite possible that I have other complains when you documented
> these. I don't like the idea that the client sends the password twice
> to the server. The test for equality can be done at the client.

you are thinking about the original patch. the equality test is done in the
client now. I will include documentation in the next patch iteration.
> > 
> > I think it will be the case where pubserver has a couple hundred users in
> > the database (you only have to log in once to get an entry after all). I'll
> > think about it. Writing to the database may be a problem...
> 
> For pubserver you also have to think about locking. Multiple servers
> writing to it. This is independent of the format.

true, but as Per pointed out to me, pubserver probably will have a real
database backend. That's not to say that we shouldn't worry about this.

-mike