Nick,

No option that I am aware off - I think server variables could be left 
unregistered as a group within php.ini conf file which of course results in a 
functionality disaster.

One way to deal with this is to recompile PHP and opt not to register 
PHP_AUTH_PW (in main/php_variables.c). I thought there might be a more friendly 
(Apache) approach to deal with this problem. 

Apparently authnz_ldap won't work with AuthType Digest either.

-JE

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Kew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 05 December 2008 20:30
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AuthType, Content hashing for LDAP

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:28:17 +0200
"Johnny Edge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Everything is fine and works as expected, however I much prefer to 
> have the 'Authorization: Basic YXBhY2hldXNlcjphcGFjaGVwYXNz' header 
> encrypted and not available to a var such as $_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_PW"] 
> in PHP while not harming the ldap functionality.

Isn't there a PHP option to suppress that?  With CGI the password is always 
withheld unless you compile with BIG_SECURITY_HOLE?

You could use RequestHeader.

> Do you reckon there is a work around for this, i.e. w/ mod Digest or 
> other means?

That'll work around it too, to the extent that the credentials exposed to PHP 
will be of no use to a cracker.  But better just to remove it, or replace it 
with a dummy value.

--
Nick Kew

Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book 
http://www.apachetutor.org/

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