“Core” Summary

CompInaBox “Core” primarily handles user authentication and authorization, but also acts as the central point for a user administering multiple competitions or as a jumping off point to the eventual planning modules offered.

User Permission System

CIB Core recognizes three types of user permissions:

• Site -- Site user permissions determine access to site level functions. The hierachy is:
  • Site Admin -- Super user, can do anything any other user can as well as somethings no one else can
  • Site Staff -- post articles, approve new links, etc
  • Site Member -- implied, all users have this permission, no special privileges
• Comp -- Comp user permissions function within a given single competition.
  • Comp Coordinator -- A superuser within the given competition
  • Comp Registrar -- An unrestricted user within registration functions
  • Comp Comptroller -- An unrestricted user within finance functions
  • Comp Staff -- Can handle routine admin tasks, but restricted from some easily abuseable features
• Team -- Team user permissions function within a given team, across all competitions
  • Team Captain -- A super user within the team pages
  • Team Registration Coordinator -- Full permissions for updating registrations
  • Team Treasurer -- Full permissions for dealing with money
  • Team Member -- no added permissions at present

Features

Current

• Links to register for all open competitions
• New User Account, with email validation
• Forces non-trivial passwords
• Simple list of links to areas the user has permissions for
• Help bar containing links to HOWTO documents
• Directions for hosting a competition

Planned

• List of other CIB servers, with their hosted competitions
• Better navigation
• Support for PKI (public keys to encrypt password reminder)
• Unencrypted password reset defeneded by IP and user supplied questions
• Simple News system

Naming

This core module of CIB needs an offical codename and is open for suggestions.