On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 08:52:27PM +0200, José Miguel Sánchez García wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently serving my static webpage with quark. I want to add some > CGI, but the opinion here about CGI support in the server is pretty > low. I'm trying to update the basecgi patch, but the latest changes > adding interruptibility seem to complicate the design (the goals of > these two are kinda opposite to what CGI does right? I mean, these are > about memory-bounded operation and CGI scripts can generate > arbitrarily long data, which must be known before even generating the > response header). I have no experience with HTTP whatsoever, so I want > to hear better-informed opinions ;) > > About authentication, I think it is a pretty useful feature. I'll > investigate how to implement it properly (abusing file system > ownership/permissions, through a table of auth realms in config.h, > command line parameters... Again, I'd like to hear more opinions) and > upload it as a patch. Is it interesting enough to include it upstream? > > Best regards. > José Miguel >
Hi Miguel, I'd use HTTP Basic Auth. It's just a simple HTTP header. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617 -- Kind regards, Hiltjo
