On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:33:42 -0500, Scott Gifford
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> Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Anders Melchiorsen
>> I want to password protect some directories by forwarding the HTTP
>> authentication to a different URL. That is, rather than using LDAP or
>> MySQL as a backend, I want to use a CGI script (
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Anders Melchiorsen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I want to password protect some directories by forwarding the HTTP
> authentication to a different URL. That is, rather than using LDAP or MySQL
> as a backend, I want to use a CGI script (possibly on a different server).
>
You
- "Devraj Mukherjee" wrote:
> Hi Anders,
>
> Depending on what the directories contains (eg. your app) I would
> nearly be tempted to using OAuth or one of the open authentication
> protocols.
+1 on that.
I've been thinking of doing this kind of thing using things like:
http://httpd.apach
Hi Anders,
Depending on what the directories contains (eg. your app) I would
nearly be tempted to using OAuth or one of the open authentication
protocols.
I realise that its not the same as Basic authentication where the
authenticated session is generated by another server.
Just my two cents wor
Hi.
I want to password protect some directories by forwarding the HTTP
authentication to a different URL. That is, rather than using LDAP or MySQL
as a backend, I want to use a CGI script (possibly on a different server).
Searching high and low has not helped me -- "http authentication" mostly
tu