Best Auth library?

[eluser]John Fuller[/eluser]
@waldmeister, I disagree. In many cases, using existing libraries can be a big waste of time. It's better to start from scratch than waste time. Of course some libaries are fine. CodeIgniter is a code library itself, but CodeIgniter is also trusted and a known quality.

Edit: Again, I'm not saying don't use existing libraries, but I tend to stick with libraries which have been well tested and widely used. They also need a serious force behind them. Someone willing to keep the thing updated and fix bugs. Even then you aren't guaranteed that the library will work well enough.

@mrjmw, that is been discussed at length here and the consensus is always that it's a bad idea. Especially with such a small development team working on CI and EE.

@RS71, as a developer you should be able to write secure code. If you can't, then a secure Auth system might not save you. Nobody is perfect though, just build it.

I don't think there is a problem writing your own. I feel the same way about blogging systems and CMS'. Most out there just don't do the job so you should just pick up good dev tools and write your own.

I agree with this guy...

http://adam.blog.heroku.com/past/2008/11...t_nothing/