Re: [Zope] Basic Authentication SSL Redirector

2006-06-23 Thread Tino Wildenhain

Josef Meile schrieb:

Hi,

After having started the thread about securing CookieCrumbler[1], I figured
out that it was better to secure Basic Authentication instead. So, I just


Which is actually identically :-) Its just a different HTTP-Header
involved :-)


created a new Product, called JMSSLBasicAuth[2], which is based on the
CookieCrumbler Transversal Hook. Instead of Cookie Authentication, I will
redirect insecure Basic Authentication requests to ssl.


You remember to stay in ssl once you switched?


I have tested it and it seems to work. I'm planning to use it in production
websites, so, I would really appreciate if you could give me some
constructive feedback about the product (See reference [2]), ie: what can I
improve, change, or add?


I'd think you could add the redirection support (which can indeed be usefull
and simplify configuration) in a way not disabling cookie-auth the same time.

(For example you cannot really log out with Basic Auth)

Regards
Tino Wildenhain
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[Zope] Basic Authentication SSL Redirector

2006-06-23 Thread Josef Meile
Hi,

After having started the thread about securing CookieCrumbler[1], I figured
out that it was better to secure Basic Authentication instead. So, I just
created a new Product, called JMSSLBasicAuth[2], which is based on the
CookieCrumbler Transversal Hook. Instead of Cookie Authentication, I will
redirect insecure Basic Authentication requests to ssl.

I have tested it and it seems to work. I'm planning to use it in production
websites, so, I would really appreciate if you could give me some
constructive feedback about the product (See reference [2]), ie: what can I
improve, change, or add?

Thanks in advanced
Josef

[1] SSL Redirect for CookieCrumbler
http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope/2006-June/166784.html

[2] JMSSLBasicAuth - Secure Basic Authentication Redirector
http://www.zope.org/Members/jmeile/JMSSLBasicAuth 
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