[Featureserver] user authentication

[G. Allegri]

Hi list.
Sometime ago I've read various post about user authentication and
access restrictions on featureserver.
Has anyone implemented a solution to manage it?

I need to restrict editing access of a certain layer to specific
users, while allowing others (all or not) to read.

Basic authentication is not a good solution. Does someone have found
workarounds using mod_proxy or similar?

Thanks,
Giovanni