https://github.com/alsmola/nopassword

An authentication and session management framework that eliminates the need for passwords.
https://github.com/alsmola/nopassword

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An authentication and session management framework that eliminates the need for passwords.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alsmola/nopassword
• Owner: alsmola
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2012-04-20T20:08:29.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-06-25T04:48:17.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-31T17:23:59.538Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 11.4 MB
• Stars: 557
• Watchers: 22
• Forks: 21
• Open Issues: 9
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: MIT-LICENSE

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README

        
NoPassword is a simple authentication and session engine that removes

the need for passwords. Instead, it uses tokens sent to an email

address, similar to most forgot password functionality. These tokens

created long-lived sessions that can be tracked and revoked easily.

[Ben Brown](http://ilovebenbrown.com/) wrote a great article about [password-less logins](http://notes.xoxco.com/post/27999787765/is-it-time-for-password-less-login), the same concept implemented by NoPassword.

NoPassword is structured as a Rails Engine, which you can mount in your

routes file:

    mount Nopassword::Engine, :at => "/nopassword"

You'll need to install the migrations:

    rake nopassword:install:migrations

    rake db:migrate

You can set up a signin form with the `send_login_email` route and a

request parameter named `email`.

You'll need to get Rails' [ActionMailer](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html) configured correctly for sending NoPassword emails.

Finally, you need to download the latest GeoIP database:

    cd db

    wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz && gzip -d GeoLiteCity.dat.gz

NoPassword uses the MIT-LICENSE.