Support for Open ID Financial API (FAPI) - identityserver4

Does Identity Server 4 support the Open ID Financial API (http://openid.net/wg/fapi/). If the answer is no, are there any plans to include support for the FAPI?

We do support the read mode spec - see here
https://leastprivilege.com/2017/05/02/financial-apis-and-identityserver/
If you are interested in using IS in FAPI scenarios. Start a conversation with us via
https://identityserver4.readthedocs.io/en/release/intro/support.html

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How to use the PAC information in the Kerberos ticket

I am developping one server service using the Kerberos and got the ticket from client, I can deciphered the ticket with the predefined keytab, now my question is how to use the PAC information in the ticket. Previously I use the LDAP procedure to query the user's group membership to get the authorization information.
Now the PAC's logon information include the membership, but it is group ID, but I need "DN" text based format (CN=xxx,OU=xxx, DC=xxx...).
I would like to know in general, how to use this authorization data in the ticket in the service server. Thanks!
If your application service is not running on Windows, you will not be able to read the PAC without jumping through some serious hoops. The PAC is built using Microsoft proprietary code, which is something Microsoft introduced into their flavor of Kerberos IAW RFC 1510 but their words, "slightly modified". Shortly after the release of Windows 2000 [Active Directory], Microsoft received some negative press attention because of the proprietary way they used the PAC field in a Kerberos ticket. [Microsoft] explicitly forbids the creation of software that implements the PAC as described in the specifications.
I spent a long time trying to find something open source and reliable which could read the PAC anyway, and I found that JAASLounge does this. It's an old article though (from 2010). Be aware that, it appears, based on my interpretation based on Microsoft's statement, to be a violation of their terms and conditions.
Anyway, I've also bookmarked two threads from right here in this forum by people who claim to have gotten JAASLounge this working, and some of the troubles they had to work through.
Decrypt kerberos ticket using Spnego
Malformed PAC logon info on new KerberosToken
In case you don't want to go down this route, and want to bypass the PAC to determine the AD user's group memberships, then you will have to resort to making an LDAP call back to the AD domain controller.
I'll close by saying that if you're running on a Windows-based application server such as IIS or SharePoint, Kerberos decoding of the PAC takes place automatically, so no special code, configuration, or keytab file is ever required.

QuickBooks connection using asp

May not be the best place to ask sorry if that's true.
I have worked on SQL and while I never worked on QuickBooks I am hoping it is possible to connect to it and just use it similar to a SQL Database. I am wondering I am wondering if it is possible to connect to QuickBooks using ASP. My purpose is to create simple forms and insert the data into QuickBooks similar to what is done on SQL.Occasionally I would just generate reports as well using web pages. All I am wondering is does ASP have the capability to connect to Quick Books and if so can I also run query's similar to SQL and is there any sources or reference available for research ? And what my options are for setting this up. If I have to use asp.net as a last resort that is fine too, though I would prefer to have to be without it.
Thank you
Update #1
While i am working on getting the Version of Quick-Books here is what information I have.
I plan on using ASP-Classic, and I want to develop web forms so this would be a website that can be accessed. This will not be a desktop application I plan on making but various webpage's where you can view Quick-books data, and insert records into Quick-books using forms, similar to what I do for SQL. And the Version of our Quick-Books is 2013 Enterprise Windows Desktop USA edition.
All I am wondering is does ASP have the capability to connect to Quick Books
Yes.
can I also run query's similar to SQL
Maybe.
QuickBooks itself does not provide an SQL-based interface. Communication with QuickBooks is via XML. However, QuickBooks Enterprise comes with something called QODBC which provides an ODBC interface to the XML interface QuickBooks provides, which might get you what you need.
One problem you want to watch out for -- there are times when you won't be able to connect to QuickBooks. e.g. it is not an "always-on" solution like a typical SQL database is. If you're in single-user mode in QuickBooks, or someone closes QuickBooks, or someone is doing a QuickBooks backup, or someone is updating QuickBooks, then you won't be able to connect. You'll have to plan for this in your application.
A better solution might be to use the QuickBooks SDK (specifically the QuickBooks Web Connector). If you download and install the SDK there is example code included. The SDK install also includes about 600 pages of PDF documentation on topics which you are asking about.
Striking out the below stuff since you've provided more details now: But unfortunately you didn't provide anywhere near enough information for anyone to actually give you a decent answer.
How about providing some actual details so that people can actually help you? Like, maybe:
Is this QuickBooks ONLINE, or QuickBooks for WINDOWS, or QuickBooks for MAC? (they are three entirely separate products, with entirely separate sets of capabilities)
What version/year/edition/country of QuickBooks?
ASP classic or ASP.NET?
Is this a website you're connecting from, or is this a desktop application, or...?

Publish one product to multiple sites

Is there a way to have one product definition and have it publish to multiple sites? I am looking for this ability specifically in DNN or Umbraco, either with free or paid extensions. I did install both the platforms and played with the free extensions and looked for any extension offering such functionality but did not find one. Any links or pointers are highly appreciated!
I had looked up for this info in many places before reaching over to the expert pool here, hoping to get some hints;
In umbraco there is the built in /base extension (http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/umbraco-base) which enables you to access product data that is maintained in Umbraco from other websites. Base is REST-ish so the implementation is well documented - you can access the data as XML or JSON (Returning Json instead of XML with Umbraco Base).
Also as the implementation is REST-ish the other websites that consume the content maintained in the core site could be written in anything that can consume a REST feed eg html & javascript.
It's not 100% clear to me what setup you're after, but if you're looking to set up a traditional Authoring/Delivery configuration - one of the few paid offerings Umbraco has is called Courier. It's a very reasonably priced (~$135USD,/99EUR) deployment manager that handles syncing content between two sites, i.e., Authoring and a Delivery server.
It's a very smart tool that manages content, configuration, and dependencies. It's neat and also supports a great open-source project!
If you're looking to setup something more like a centralized product database that is used by many sites - amelvin is on good pointer with BASE. They have a nice api where you may also set up your own webservice (beyond their own webservice functaionality!).
If you need this centralized product data to notify the other sites to update their caches - i encourage you to look into the 'distributedCall' functionality.
There's a bit of documentation on distributed calls in this load-balancing tutorial that may help understand the concept a bit better.
...Hope this helps get pointed in the right direction.

Is it possible to connect Adobe Flash CS to Database of any kind?

Can I build flash application that connects to database? (MySQL)
For example: Photo Gallery that brings me the photos from database...
Or Music Player...
Maybe PHP? :-)
AMF is a technology that allows a Flash app to execute remote code. Server side implementations exist for a number of server side environments and languages, check out the list in the wikipedia article.
Simple answer: yes.
As fvu mentioned, you can get into AMF which is an excellent choice for heavy lifting, but it's not required.
Using combinations of URLRequest, URLLoader and URLVariables it is very easy to send and receive data in HTTP requests, which then frees you to employ whatever server-side solution you prefer. The data format you choose is then also up to you; Flash natively supports XML, and full JSON support is found in as3corelib.
Perhaps Adobe FlashBuilder (formerly FlexBuilder) is something that would interest you.

how to integrate bugzilla and HP quality center?

I'm working on integrating Bugzilla with HP Qc. I'm performing this by using perl script by directly manipulating the database using sql commands. I want to use the web services of Bugzilla. I have gone through the Bugzilla webservice API but tat wasn't enough to get started. I'm a beginner and this is the first project of my career. How do I go about this?
Check out the Perl script bz_webservice_demo.pl in Bugzilla's contrib directory, it shows how to talk to Bugzilla via XMLRPC.
There are a few things you could do:
Export defects from Bugzilla into a spreadsheet and upload it into Quality Center
Use the Open Test Architecture API (OTAClient.dll) to update defects in Quality Center
Use the HP Synchronization Server and build an adapter
Using the HP Synchronizer is probably the only "real" way to do it. Though you could potentially build your own sync mechanism, potentially using just OTA and a message queue.
There may be an existing adapter available from proficom-ag based on a presentation I found via a web search

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