FAQs
From Bandit-project.org
General
What is the Bandit project?
It is a community created to help develop components that help define and move common digital identities throughout the computing world. Currently the main focus is on defining a common identity frame work, provide authentication and creditial caching, enable common roles and authorization, and ensure compliance via common record collecting.
Bandit Announcement
Bandit Q and A
What's with the name? Isn't it rather odd to name a security and identity project bandit?
Yeah, it's a little odd. We prefer to think of it as edgy. We were looking for a name that followed some general principles of Open Source project names: short, memorable, good logo possibilities, easy to spell, not directly related to project content, etc., and had settled somewhat on a dog theme. There's the common joke that, on the Internet, no one knows if you're a dog. Kerberos is an evil, three headed dog and we also deal with authentication but wanted a more friendly family-pet kind of dog. And "dog tags" are for identification. After numerous attempts we settled on the common dog name of Bandit. We also like the notion of the mask because it reminds us of a persona or role, but that's probably a stretch.
What are the goals of the Bandit project?
1) To implement portions of an open, standard system of Identity Infrastructure that will help build the Identity Fabric.
2) To build an ecosystem or community of like-minded people who will help to contribute and guide identity based technologies.
Who should participate in the Bandit project?
You. There are many ways to participate
Do participants need to register?
Generally, no. No registration is required for software, source code downloads or participation in mailing lists. However, registration is required to submit bug reports, enhancement requests, or patches.
How is the Bandit project organized and managed?
All successful open source communities start with a strong vision and the support and leadership of a small, dedicated group. Initially, Bandit will be supported by Novell personnel, including significant engineering, Web, marketing and management resources dedicated to the effort. As the Bandit community grows — and as it develops strong community-based leadership — Novell and the Bandit community may consider other organizational models.
The Bandit core team members can be reached via the Contact Page.
Availability
What is the Bandit project Release Schedule?
See the Roadmap for specifics about the Bandit components.
What is the road map for the Bandit project community programs?
Project plans and roadmaps are available at the Bandit site: Roadmap.
Licensing
Each of the components of the Bandit project comes with it's own license, here is the list. Details of each license can be found inside of the svn repository for each project.
- Common Identity (Higgins IdAS) - Eclipse Public License
- CASA - Common Authentication Services Adapter - GNU Lesser General Public License
- OpenXDAS - MIT License
- Identity Selector Service - Eclipse Public License
Technical
Relationship to Novell
What is the relationship of the Bandit project to Novell?
The Bandit project is sponsored by Novell, which contributes significant engineering, management and infrastructure resources. Novell, in consultation with the Bandit community, sets the project engineering goals and retains ultimate responsibility for the project.
Why is Novell starting the Bandit project now?
Novell has a lot of expertise in identity technologies. We feel we are in a unique position to help promote open identity technologies. We also will enable our products to use these open technologies to allow our applications, our partners, and other open source programs to be better integrated.
