Hi Terry, > > - Does the whole site require authentication? > > No. Only the Control Page. > > > - Are the users who need to authenticate a handful so they can be > > educated in responding to the browser's login prompt? > > Yes. A very slack handful. :-) Probably no more than half a dozen. > > > - Do the users share devices provided at the site? > > No they use their own. > > > - How long should a ‘login’ last? > > Probably only 10 to 15 Minutes.
If you don't need to enforce that short 15-minute authorisation time then I think Stephen is right that it's easier to configure Apache to guard the control page, with your Python knowing nothing about it. https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/auth.html -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-02-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
