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diego-vieira edited this page Apr 20, 2013 · 18 revisions

Tank Auth is an authentication library for PHP-framework CodeIgniter. It's based on DX Auth, althouth the code was seriously reworked.

The key points of the library are:

It's simple:

  • Basic auth options (login, logout, register, unregister).
  • Very compact (less than 20 files and 4 DB-tables).
  • Username is optional, only email is obligatory.

It's secure:

  • Using phpass library for password hashing (instead of unsafe md5).
  • Counting login attempt for bruteforce preventing (optional). Failed login attempts determined by IP and by username.
  • Logging last login IP-address and time (optional).
  • CAPTCHA for registration and repetitive login attempt (optional).
  • Unactivated accounts and forgotten password requests auto-expire.

It's easy to manage:

  • Strict MVC model: controller for controlling, views for representation and library as model interface.
  • Language file support.
  • View files contain only necessary HTML code without redundant decoration.
  • Most of the features are optional and can be tuned or switched-off in well-documented config file.

It's full featured:

  • Login using username, email address or both (depending on config settings).
  • Registration is instant or after activation by email (optional).
  • "Remember me" option.
  • Forgot password (letting users pick a new password upon reactivation).
  • Change password or email for registered users.
  • Email can be changed even BEFORE account is activated.
  • Ban user (optional).
  • User Profile (optional).
  • CAPTCHA support (CI-native and reCAPTCHA are available).
  • HTML or plain-text emails.

Tank Auth is tested in CI 1.7.0, but should be working for above version.

Library home: http://konyukhov.com/soft/tank_auth/

Download link: https://github.com/TankAuth/Tank-Auth/archive/master.zip

Project repository: https://github.com/TankAuth/Tank-Auth

Forum discussion: http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/110993/ L. Arnibal Translater

Categories: Category:Libraries::Authentication Category:Contributions::Libraries::Authentication

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