We talked about this limiation of the dual setup before. There is no solution publically available. But you can try this: 1) check http://modperl.home.att.net or similar cookie-based ticketing system. 2) write a "ticket-client" module in C and load it into the proxy server (I have one based on libapreqs). 3) you can use the same "ticket issuer" mod_Perl module in the server machine, or any language as far as it can generate a valid cookie. 4) then serve the large file directly via the proxy server.
Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Rantapaa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: serving large files with access controls > > Suppose I have a typical proxied mod-perl setup and I > have a large (~ 650 MB) file I'd like to provide > authenticated access to. The mod-perl server will be > doing the authentication, but for performance > considerations I'd like the proxy server to serve the > file directly instead of having the mod-perl server > first forward the file to the proxy. > > Is there a way to do this so that access to the file > would be _impossible_ unless the user is authenticated > by the mod-perl server? I am looking for a solution > that can guarantee that there is no way to circumvent > the authentication process. I can think of solutions > where the probability that users can access the file > without authenticating can be made very small, but I > am looking for an absolute guarantee. > > Regards, > > Erik Rantapaa > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com
