Re: Authentication handlers in a proxy setting

2010-03-29 Thread Fred Moyer
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Dan Axtell wrote: > server on the back end.  It seems like a lot of overhead to have mod_perl on > the front end purely for authentication; I might as well keep the monolithic > configuration I have now.  Thanks for the input, though, it helps clarify > things. It

Re: Authentication handlers in a proxy setting

2010-03-29 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Dan Axtell wrote: > What I don't understand is what to do about static directories that want to > use the handlers via Directory directive, or via a local .htdocs file.  Does > any such directory need to be forwarded to the dynamic server in order to then > call th

Re: Authentication handlers in a proxy setting

2010-03-29 Thread Dan Axtell
> > It would be more logical to do the authentication on the front-end > server. Then, if the back-end server needs the result of the > authentication, you could add an appropriate HTTP header (with the > user-id and maybe more stuff) to the request, before proxying it to the > back-end. > The idea