Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Defining your users list
Now, we need to list all the users to give them the corresponding rights. This list
defines the functionalities that can be accessed by each user:
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Bedroom 1 user
: Bart
•
Bedroom 2 user
: Lisa
•
Bedroom 3 user
: Maggie
•
Kitchen user
: Marge
•
Main room user
: Homer who will manage the house (yes, he believes that he
can manage it)
•
Unknown
: This part is left as a joker for those who "Bring their Own Device."
This is a category for some eventual visitors, which needs to be defined in
our scenario as well.
Understanding role attributions
Now that you know the users and what they can do in the house, the security
perimeter is defined. What is left to know are the access types that can be granted to
these users. This list is a tool to understand the consequences for each role you assign:
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Authenticated users
: These users just need to view and upload media.
They only need (or want) to be granted minimum access.
•
Guests / people passing by / friends
: This is to allow your friends or some
guests to access a part of your media without needing to log in. By setting
this kind of access, you ensure privacy for yourself, as the embedded player
will only be visible if the user is logged in. In this way, we make sure that if
a visitor comes, he will not be shocked by Homer's contents.
As each user has already been identified by a login to your local
network, you already know that this user is granted access. This
implies that anonymous users who might eventually try to connect
can't access and obtain MediaDrop
guest
rights; therefore, they
won't have access to any content, meaning they cannot post or
read without your network's consent.
•
Power users
: These users can't do everything they want, as they inherit
authenticated users' rights plus an additional ability to grant access to
someone else. This role can be granted to anyone that you can rely on
when you are unavailable for some administrator tasks. For the sake of
the example, let's say this will be
Lisa
.
