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Re:Government launches login.gov to simplify access to publi... by 7imon7ays on Friday September 08, 2017 @03:42PM (#15203355)
A rails app?? That's kinda awesome.
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Re:Government launches login.gov to simplify access to publi... by sheeshkebab on Saturday September 09, 2017 @07:53AM (#15206649)
Rails app?? I’d think something go-based would be more appropriate for this kind of service.
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Re:Government launches login.gov to simplify access to publi... by rhencke on Saturday September 09, 2017 @08:10AM (#15206710)
Why? Rails powers many huge, important things.

Like GitHub.

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Re:Government launches login.gov to simplify access to publi... by sheeshkebab on Friday September 15, 2017 @08:36AM (#15256582)
Implementing sso idp requires pretty good crypto support - last I looked ruby, python, node don't have anything built in and use external native libraries (OpenSSL etc) that are a pain to setup and use securely.
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