Ray Luo

What are the different locking mechanisms?

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Hi Rick, thanks for this portalocker library! It has been reliably serving us for quite a while. :-) We recently encountered a [cross-library issue](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-extensions-for-python/issues/66#issuecomment-670578560) likely caused by different locking mechanisms....

I know a similar issue has been mentioned in #222 (which should have been labelled as Duplicated rather than a misleadingly Closed) , #226, and its root cause was well-explained...

Please clarify whether asciinema is expected to work on Windows

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Previously someone [reported that even the "pip install ..." would fail](https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/389#issuecomment-589935010), but my `pip install asciinema` attempt on Windows can successfully install asciinema 2.1. It even installs an "asciinema **.exe**...

Implementing known_authority_hosts

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Implementing the known_authorities behaviors based on the [internal design](https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/:w:/t/ADAL/ESzbQvzlMuBDjAsqfaHdjNUBsTmwIUR5g17IAY4rvOY_Hw?e=7dv5hZ). The [unit tests of this PR](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python/pull/492/files#diff-1982837bc801e709175e25839e1046a445df689d7a2e6309ccb6856e350dee7eR142-R223) is almost as readable as plain English, and are considered as generic acceptance tests for...

## What is this? A broker is a component installed on your device. Broker implicitly gives your device an identity. By using a broker, your device becomes a factor that...

Proof of Possession (POP) token request

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* Adding an [internal workitem link](https://dev.azure.com/IdentityDivision/Engineering/_workitems/edit/731634) here as a placeholder. And another [internal workitem for AT POP](https://identitydivision.visualstudio.com/Engineering/_workitems/edit/1419745). * The [public specs on how to obtain a POP token](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-pop-key-distribution-07#section-4.2), and [another...

Managed Identity for Azure VM, App Service, Service Fabric, etc.

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Note: This is a proof-of-concept, which means there is no guarantee that this behavior will be eventually included into MSAL Python. There are two new APIs added. * ~The high...

Add test case to show that OBO supports SP

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* There is no code change to MSAL's implementation in this PR. This means the existing MSAL Python needs no change to support the OBO-for-SP scenario, perhaps since the initial...

Support Managed Identity (formerly known as MSI)

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Some resources below: * [MSAL does not currently support MSI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/known-issues#does-managed-identities-for-azure-resources-work-with-the-active-directory-authentication-library-adal-or-the-microsoft-authentication-library-msal) (UPDATE at 2020: It still does not support Managed Identity, even though [that FAQ was later removed](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/pull/58954/files) from that doc...