[isf-wifidog] Presenting AuthPuppy: a new generation authentication server

[Peter]

Is there  a feature set? I see blueprints, but can only glean a little 
from that.

Genevieve Bastien wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> This is to announce that there's a new puppy in town: AuthPuppy, led by
> the Quebec wireless communities and planned to be the successor of
> wifidog, under active development.
> 
> Wifidog is a great application, and has allowed to build great wireless
> organizations around the world.  But as wireless communities matured and
> needs became more complex, we (the Alliance of Wireless communities of
> the province of Quebec) felt that wifidog wasn't as scalable to
> those new needs as we could wish for.
> 
> Hence the need for AuthPuppy.  Developed in php using the symfony
> framework, with a light core and plugin architecture, it will easily be
> fitted to anyone's need.
> 
> The puppy is a few weeks old and not mature enough to be used in
> production yet, but he is ready to show his face to the world!  We plan
> an alpha release for the end of the month.  AuthPuppy is only the auth
> server and the gateways will work with it as well as with wifidog.
> 
> The source code is hosted on launchpad : https://launchpad.net/authpuppy
> We have a wiki: http://authpuppy.org/wiki
> You can reach the developer team (and ask to join in!) at :
> dev at authpuppy.org
> We'll have a mailing list soon.
> The puppy even has his own twitter account! http://twitter.com/authpuppy
> 
> To join the development effort, read
> http://authpuppy.org/wiki/index.php/Getting_Started and get started with
> the puppy!  We need help with everything: programming plugins, making
> the interface nicer, helping with the core, etc.
> If you have any suggestions, comments, questions, you may use launchpad.
> 
> Wifidog is still alive of course.  AuthPuppy is a parallel project that
> we think will answer the growing needs of our communities better.
> 
> Thank you,
>