nodejs app - expressjs 3.0 + socket.io v9 + passport + redis

app.js

var express = require('express'),
	passport = require('passport'),
	LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy,
	connect = require('connect'),
	http = require('http'),
	path = require('path'),
	util = require('util'),
	fs = require('fs'),
	redis = require('redis'),
	cookie = require('cookie'),
	connectSession = require('connect/lib/middleware/session/session'),
	socketRedisStore = require('socket.io/lib/stores/redis')

var app = express(),
	server = http.createServer(app),
	io = require('socket.io').listen(server),
	redisPub = redis.createClient(),
	redisSub = redis.createClient(),
	redisClient = redis.createClient(),
	RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express),
	sessionStore

nconf = require('nconf')
// nconf setup...

var arp = require('./lib/arp')

passport.use(new LocalStrategy(
	function(username, password, done) {
		process.nextTick(function () {
			arp.user.findByUsername(username, function(err, user) {
				if (err) {
					done(err)
					return
				}

				if (!user) {
					user.checkPassword('$2a$10$va3CGzjy.g/Z8cuEcO844O', 'test', function(err, result) {
						// ignoring result - just doing this to spend CPU time to throw off high-precision timing attacks
						done(null, false, { message: 'Invalid username or password'})
					})
					return
				}

				user.checkPassword(password, function(err, result) {
					if(err) {
						done(err)
						return
					}

					if(result == false) {
						done(null, false, { message: 'Invalid username or password'})
						return
					} else {
						// @todo ban-check
						// green light
						done(null, user)
					}
				})
			})
		})
	}
))

function ensureAuthenticated(req, res, next) {
	if(req.isAuthenticated()) return next()
	res.redirect('/login')
	return null
}

app.configure(function(){
	var cookieMaxAge = nconf.get('app:cookie:maxAge')
	sessionStore = new RedisStore({
		client: redisClient,
	})

	app.set('port', nconf.get('app:port'))
	app.set('views', __dirname + '/views')
	app.set('view engine', 'jade')
	app.use(express.favicon())
	if(nconf.get('app:env') === 'development')
		app.use(express.logger('dev'))
	app.use(express.cookieParser(nconf.get('app:cookie:secret')))
	app.use(express.bodyParser())
	app.use(express.methodOverride())
	app.use(express.session({
		key: nconf.get('app:cookie:key'),
		store: sessionStore,
		secret: nconf.get('app:cookie:secret'),
		cookie: { maxAge: (cookieMaxAge !== 0) ? cookieMaxAge : null }
	}))
	app.use(express.csrf())
	app.use(flash())
	app.use(passport.initialize())
	app.use(passport.session())
	app.use(app.router)
	app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'))
	app.use(express.errorHandler())
})

// @note expressjs routes et al here....

/**
 * socket.io stuff. Streaming.
 */
// authentication verification
io.configure(function () {
   io.set('log level', 1)
   io.set('store', new socketRedisStore({
	   redisPub : redisPub,
	   redisSub : redisSub,
	   redisClient : redisClient
   }))
   io.set('authorization', function (data, accept) {
	   if (data.headers.cookie) {
		   data.cookie = cookie.parse(data.headers.cookie)
		   data.cookie = connect.utils.parseSignedCookies(data.cookie, nconf.get('app:cookie:secret'))
		   data.cookie = connect.utils.parseJSONCookies(data.cookie)
		   data.sessionID = data.cookie[nconf.get('app:cookie:key')]
		   sessionStore.load(data.sessionID, function (err, session) {
			   if (err || !session) {
				   // invalid session identifier. tl;dr gtfo.
				   accept('session error', false)
			   } else {
				   data.session = session
				   accept(null, true)
			   }
		   })

	   } else {
			// no auth cookie...
		   accept('session error', false)
	   }
   })
})

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
	var sessionID = socket.handshake.sessionID,
		session = new connect.middleware.session.Session({ sessionStore: sessionStore }, socket.handshake.session)
 
	console.log('socket: new ' + sessionID)
	socket.broadcast.emit('arpNewConn', session.passport.user)
 
	var intervalID = setInterval(function() {
		socket.handshake.session.reload(function() {
			socket.handshake.session.touch().save()
		})
		socket.emit('pulse', { heartbeat: new Date().toString(), timestamp: new Date().getTime() })
	}, 300 * 1000) // every 300 seconds, pulse to maintain the session (10s for testing)
	
	// @note more socket.io stuff here...
	
	socket.on('disconnect', function () {
		// clear the socket interval to stop refreshing the session
		console.log('socket: dump ' + sessionID)
		socket.broadcast.emit('arpLostConn', session.passport.user)
		clearInterval(intervalID)
	})
})


/**
 * start the server
 */
server.listen(app.get('port'), function(){
	console.log("Express server listening on port " + app.get('port'))
})

arp.user.findByUsername(username, function(err, user) { is the database command for finding the database by username? So if I'm using redis is the only line do I need to change? Thanks, cause I'm having trouble using passport with my redis.