mirror of https://github.com/BOINC/boinc.git
104 lines
2.7 KiB
PHP
104 lines
2.7 KiB
PHP
<?php
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require_once("docutil.php");
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page_head("External account management <br>(work in progress)");
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echo "
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<p>
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Currently BOINC provides only a web-based interface
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for creating and managing accounts.
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Participants must locate the web sites of BOINC projects,
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read them, decide which to join,
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and fill out a separate registration form at each site.
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This may deter some potential participants.
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<p>
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We wish to enable new ways for people to find and join BOINC projects.
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For example, one could have a <b>sharing control panel</b> that shows:
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<ul>
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<li> a list of BOINC projects, with short descriptions and 'join' checkboxes;
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<li> a simple form for the user's email address and basic preferences.
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</ul>
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The user can join projects simply by checking boxes, clicking OK,
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and responding to account-verification emails.
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<p>
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The sharing control panel is an example of what we will call
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'account management applications'.
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<p>
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This document describes a mechanism that allow account
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management applications to interact with BOINC projects.
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<h2>RPCs for account management</h2>
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<p>
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We propose having BOINC projects provide
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an XML-RPC interface for account management.
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RPCs will use HTTP on port 80,
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so it will be easy to implement the client side in any language
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(C++, Visual Basic, etc.),
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and the mechanism will work through firewalls that allow outgoing web requests.
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<p>
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The proposed RPC functions are as follows:
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<h3>Create tentative account</h3>
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";
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list_start();
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list_item(
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"input", "email address
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<br>host name
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<br>client nonce ID (crypto-random)"
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);
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list_item(
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"output", "tentative account ID"
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);
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list_item(
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"action",
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"The server creates a 'tentative account' database record.
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The server sends email to the given address, of the form:
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<pre>
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Someone (hopefully you) joined [project name] with this email address.
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To confirm your participation in [project name] please visit the following URL:
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xxx
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If you do not want to participate in [project name], just ignore this message.
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</pre>
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When the user visits xxx, they see a release form and OK button.
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The OK button validates the tentative account,
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creating a new user record if needed.
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");
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list_end();
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echo "
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<h3>Query account status</h3>
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";
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list_start();
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list_item("input",
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"tentative account ID
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<br>client nonce ID
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"
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);
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list_item("output",
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"bool validated
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<br>account key
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"
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);
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list_item("action",
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"If the account has been validated, return true and the account key.
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The account management application
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can then do <a href=gui_rpc.php>BOINC GUI RPC</a> to the BOINC core client
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to attach to the project."
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);
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list_end();
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echo "
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<p>
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Possible additions:
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RPCs to get and set preferences.
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";
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page_tail();
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?>
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