Maybe, I'm not on the right forum. I posted and go no response. I guess that's ok. I got mod_auth_digest authenticating against mysql working. I need to make it prettier. I didn't want to disturb the existing code, so I was super cautious. My only issue now if changing the password. There was an issue with using httpd.conf and the existing data structure. I'll have to revisit it at a later date.
Does anyone know of a forum where I can address intermediate to advance htaccess issues? Michele -----Original Message----- From: Saju Pillai [mailto:saju.pil...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 6:29 AM To: modules-...@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: Need help with --activate-module Shibu Narendranathan wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to implement a proprietary encryption mechanism on an > existing apache server. > What is desired is the following. > > Client Server > ------------------------------|----------------------------------------- > ---- > 1) sends a binary message to | 1) receives and > port80 (key Xchange msg)-> | a) Checks if it is a normal http msg > | If yes, continue the normal way. > | b) Checks if it is a binary message > | (Let's assume it has a marker, say > | first 4 chars are FFFF) > | If yes, then return a response > right > receive response (binary) | <--- away & keep the connection open > for more > | messages, which will be decrypted > by the > | module and given to rest of layers > (as if > | it were normal HTTP message). > | > send encrypted message --> | The new module decrypts it and > passes to > (binary) | rest of the layers. > Look at mod_echo.c, available in the default src tarballs for httpd-2 to see how a new/custom protocol is handled. You may also want to look at mod_ssl to see how it decrypts HTTP messages and makes it available to apache. -srp
